#CE9A38#CE9A38

#CE9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9A38
RGB	rgb(206, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 10.05, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 57.37, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0229 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.128 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7255, 36.5214, 8.8030)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9A38 #386CCE

analogous

#CE4F38 #CE9A38 #B7CE38

triadic

#CE9A38 #38CE9A #9A38CE

tetradic

#CE9A38 #38CE4F #386CCE #CE38B7

square

#CE9A38 #38CE4F #386CCE #CE38B7

split-complementary

#CE9A38 #38B7CE #4F38CE

monochromatic

#70531C #A17728 #CE9A38 #DAB369 #E6CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CE9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CE9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9A38

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9A38	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b774',
    500: '#ce9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9a38;
$custom-light: #e2b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7185,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9A38

secondary

#90A7D2

accent

#7BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9A38

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

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