#CE9538#CE9538

#CE9538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9538
RGB	rgb(206, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 12.76, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 56.68, 76.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0308 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.127 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9174, 34.9052, 8.5336)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9538 #3871CE

analogous

#CE4A38 #CE9538 #BCCE38

triadic

#CE9538 #38CE95 #9538CE

tetradic

#CE9538 #38CE4A #3871CE #CE38BC

square

#CE9538 #38CE4A #3871CE #CE38BC

split-complementary

#CE9538 #38BCCE #4A38CE

monochromatic

#70501C #A17328 #CE9538 #DAAF69 #E6C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CE9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#CE9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9538

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9538	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b474',
    500: '#ce9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9538;
$custom-light: #e2b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9538

secondary

#90A9D2

accent

#81E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9538

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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