#CE9842#CE9842

#CE9842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9842
RGB	rgb(206, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 11.66, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 52.97, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0289 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.121 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6676, 35.9745, 10.1131)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9842 #4278CE

analogous

#CE5242 #CE9842 #BECE42

triadic

#CE9842 #42CE98 #9842CE

tetradic

#CE9842 #42CE52 #4278CE #CE42BE

square

#CE9842 #42CE52 #4278CE #CE42BE

split-complementary

#CE9842 #42BECE #5242CE

monochromatic

#77551F #A7782B #CE9842 #DBB273 #E7CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CE9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CE9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9842

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9842	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)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b67a',
    500: '#ce9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9842;
$custom-light: #e1b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7155,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9842

secondary

#98AFD4

accent

#82E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9842

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

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