#CE9856#CE9856

#CE9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9856
RGB	rgb(206, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 12.99, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 44.15, 72.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0356 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.106 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3637, 36.2529, 13.7792)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9856 #568CCE

analogous

#CE5C56 #CE9856 #C8CE56

triadic

#CE9856 #56CE98 #9856CE

tetradic

#CE9856 #56CE5C #568CCE #CE56C8

square

#CE9856 #56CE5C #568CCE #CE56C8

split-complementary

#CE9856 #56C8CE #5C56CE

monochromatic

#835926 #B37A34 #CE9856 #DCB585 #EAD2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CE9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CE9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9856

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9856	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b687',
    500: '#ce9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9856;
$custom-light: #e0b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9856

secondary

#A8BDD8

accent

#8CDE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9856

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

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