#CE972D#CE972D

#CE972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE972D
RGB	rgb(206, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 11.21, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 61.05, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.025 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.133 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9964, 35.4474, 7.3756)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE972D #2D64CE

analogous

#CE472D #CE972D #B5CE2D

triadic

#CE972D #2DCE97 #972DCE

tetradic

#CE972D #2DCE47 #2D64CE #CE2DB5

square

#CE972D #2DCE47 #2D64CE #CE2DB5

split-complementary

#CE972D #2DB5CE #472DCE

monochromatic

#6A4D17 #9C7222 #CE972D #DCB05D #E7C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CE972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CE972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE972D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE972D	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b56e',
    500: '#ce972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce972d;
$custom-light: #e2b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.503,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71184,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE972D

secondary

#86A0D1

accent

#7AE741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE972D

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

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