#CE9542#CE9542

#CE9542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9542
RGB	rgb(206, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 13.29, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 52.58, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0337 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.12 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1868, 35.0130, 9.9528)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9542 #427BCE

analogous

#CE4F42 #CE9542 #C1CE42

triadic

#CE9542 #42CE95 #9542CE

tetradic

#CE9542 #42CE4F #427BCE #CE42C1

square

#CE9542 #42CE4F #427BCE #CE42C1

split-complementary

#CE9542 #42C1CE #4F42CE

monochromatic

#77531F #A7752B #CE9542 #DBB073 #E7CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CE9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#CE9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9542

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9542	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A99839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b47a',
    500: '#ce9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9542;
$custom-light: #e1b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9542

secondary

#98B0D4

accent

#85E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9542

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

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