#CE9937#CE9937

#CE9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9937
RGB	rgb(206, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 10.55, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 57.61, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0242 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.128 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5369, 36.1830, 8.6207)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9937 #376CCE

analogous

#CE4D37 #CE9937 #B8CE37

triadic

#CE9937 #37CE99 #9937CE

tetradic

#CE9937 #37CE4D #376CCE #CE37B8

square

#CE9937 #37CE4D #376CCE #CE37B8

split-complementary

#CE9937 #37B8CE #4D37CE

monochromatic

#6F521B #A07627 #CE9937 #DAB268 #E6CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CE9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#CE9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9937

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9937	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b674',
    500: '#ce9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9937;
$custom-light: #e2b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.94,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9937

secondary

#8FA6D2

accent

#7CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9937

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

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