#CE9940#CE9940

#CE9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9940
RGB	rgb(206, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 11.01, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 53.96, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0267 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.122 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7726, 36.2773, 9.8623)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9940 #4075CE

analogous

#CE5240 #CE9940 #BCCE40

triadic

#CE9940 #40CE99 #9940CE

tetradic

#CE9940 #40CE52 #4075CE #CE40BC

square

#CE9940 #40CE52 #4075CE #CE40BC

split-complementary

#CE9940 #40BCCE #5240CE

monochromatic

#75551E #A6782B #CE9940 #DAB371 #E7CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CE9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CE9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9940

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9940	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b679',
    500: '#ce9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9940;
$custom-light: #e1b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71725,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9940

secondary

#96ADD4

accent

#80E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9940

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

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