#CE9638#CE9638

#CE9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9638
RGB	rgb(206, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 12.22, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 56.81, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0292 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.127 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0763, 35.2230, 8.5866)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9638 #3870CE

analogous

#CE4B38 #CE9638 #BBCE38

triadic

#CE9638 #38CE96 #9638CE

tetradic

#CE9638 #38CE4B #3870CE #CE38BB

square

#CE9638 #38CE4B #3870CE #CE38BB

split-complementary

#CE9638 #38BBCE #4B38CE

monochromatic

#70501C #A17428 #CE9638 #DAB069 #E6CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CE9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#CE9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9638

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9638	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b474',
    500: '#ce9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9638;
$custom-light: #e2b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9638

secondary

#90A9D2

accent

#80E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9638

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

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