#CE9839#CE9839

#CE9839 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9839
RGB	rgb(206, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 11.19, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 56.68, 78.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0263 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.126 78)
XYZ	xyz(37.4228, 35.8766, 8.8240)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9839 #396FCE

analogous

#CE4E39 #CE9839 #BACE39

triadic

#CE9839 #39CE98 #9839CE

tetradic

#CE9839 #39CE4E #396FCE #CE39BA

square

#CE9839 #39CE4E #396FCE #CE39BA

split-complementary

#CE9839 #39BACE #4E39CE

monochromatic

#71521C #A27628 #CE9839 #DAB26A #E6CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CE9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CE9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9839

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9839	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b675',
    500: '#ce9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9839;
$custom-light: #e2b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71468,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.35874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9839

secondary

#91A8D2

accent

#7EE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9839

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

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