#CE9541#CE9541

#CE9541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9541
RGB	rgb(206, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 13.23, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 53.00, 75.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0334 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.121 74)
XYZ	xyz(37.1576, 35.0013, 9.7989)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9541 #417ACE

analogous

#CE4E41 #CE9541 #C0CE41

triadic

#CE9541 #41CE95 #9541CE

tetradic

#CE9541 #41CE4E #417ACE #CE41C0

square

#CE9541 #41CE4E #417ACE #CE41C0

split-complementary

#CE9541 #41C0CE #4E41CE

monochromatic

#76531E #A7752B #CE9541 #DBB072 #E7CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CE9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#CE9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9541

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9541	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)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b479',
    500: '#ce9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9541;
$custom-light: #e1b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.34998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9541

secondary

#97B0D4

accent

#85E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9541

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

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