#CE9949#CE9949

#CE9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9949
RGB	rgb(206, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 11.54, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 50.09, 76.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0295 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.116 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0497, 36.3881, 11.3216)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9949 #497ECE

analogous

#CE5649 #CE9949 #C1CE49

triadic

#CE9949 #49CE99 #9949CE

tetradic

#CE9949 #49CE56 #497ECE #CE49C1

square

#CE9949 #49CE56 #497ECE #CE49C1

split-complementary

#CE9949 #49C1CE #5649CE

monochromatic

#7B5721 #AC7A2E #CE9949 #DBB479 #E8CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CE9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CE9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9949

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9949	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b67f',
    500: '#ce9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9949;
$custom-light: #e1b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9949

secondary

#9DB4D5

accent

#84E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9949

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

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