#CE9942#CE9942

#CE9942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9942
RGB	rgb(206, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 11.12, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 53.11, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0273 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.121 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8306, 36.3005, 10.1674)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9942 #4277CE

analogous

#CE5342 #CE9942 #BDCE42

triadic

#CE9942 #42CE99 #9942CE

tetradic

#CE9942 #42CE53 #4277CE #CE42BD

square

#CE9942 #42CE53 #4277CE #CE42BD

split-complementary

#CE9942 #42BDCE #5342CE

monochromatic

#77551F #A7782B #CE9942 #DBB373 #E7CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CE9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CE9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9942

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9942	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b67a',
    500: '#ce9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9942;
$custom-light: #e1b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71745,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9942

secondary

#98AFD4

accent

#81E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9942

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

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