#CE9540#CE9540

#CE9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9540
RGB	rgb(206, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 13.18, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 53.42, 75.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0331 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.122 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1289, 34.9898, 9.6477)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9540 #4079CE

analogous

#CE4E40 #CE9540 #C0CE40

triadic

#CE9540 #40CE95 #9540CE

tetradic

#CE9540 #40CE4E #4079CE #CE40C0

square

#CE9540 #40CE4E #4079CE #CE40C0

split-complementary

#CE9540 #40C0CE #4E40CE

monochromatic

#75521E #A6752B #CE9540 #DAB071 #E7CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CE9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#CE9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9540

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9540	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b479',
    500: '#ce9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9540;
$custom-light: #e1b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.915,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9540

secondary

#96AFD4

accent

#84E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9540

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

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