#CE9642#CE9642

#CE9642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9642
RGB	rgb(206, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 12.74, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 52.70, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0321 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.12 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3457, 35.3308, 10.0058)
Luminance	0.3533 (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

#CE9642 #427ACE

analogous

#CE5042 #CE9642 #C0CE42

triadic

#CE9642 #42CE96 #9642CE

tetradic

#CE9642 #42CE50 #427ACE #CE42C0

square

#CE9642 #42CE50 #427ACE #CE42C0

split-complementary

#CE9642 #42C0CE #5042CE

monochromatic

#77541F #A7762B #CE9642 #DBB173 #E7CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CE9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#CE9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9642

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9642	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b47a',
    500: '#ce9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9642;
$custom-light: #e1b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9642

secondary

#98B0D4

accent

#84E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9642

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

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