#CE9840#CE9840

#CE9840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.122 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9840
RGB	rgb(206, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 11.55, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 53.81, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0283 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.122 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6097, 35.9513, 9.8080)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9840 #4076CE

analogous

#CE5140 #CE9840 #BDCE40

triadic

#CE9840 #40CE98 #9840CE

tetradic

#CE9840 #40CE51 #4076CE #CE40BD

square

#CE9840 #40CE51 #4076CE #CE40BD

split-complementary

#CE9840 #40BDCE #5140CE

monochromatic

#75541E #A6772B #CE9840 #DAB271 #E7CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CE9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CE9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9840

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9840	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.122 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b679',
    500: '#ce9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9840;
$custom-light: #e1b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9840

secondary

#96AED4

accent

#81E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9840

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

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