#CE973B#CE973B

#CE973B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE973B
RGB	rgb(206, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 11.83, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 55.74, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0285 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.125 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3121, 35.5737, 9.0381)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE973B #3B72CE

analogous

#CE4E3B #CE973B #BCCE3B

triadic

#CE973B #3BCE97 #973BCE

tetradic

#CE973B #3BCE4E #3B72CE #CE3BBC

square

#CE973B #3BCE4E #3B72CE #CE3BBC

split-complementary

#CE973B #3BBCCE #4E3BCE

monochromatic

#72521D #A37529 #CE973B #DAB16C #E6CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CE973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#CE973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE973B

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE973B	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b576',
    500: '#ce973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce973b;
$custom-light: #e1b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71291,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE973B

secondary

#92AAD3

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE973B

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

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