#CE9A42#CE9A42

#CE9A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9A42
RGB	rgb(206, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 10.58, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 53.26, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0257 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.121 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9949, 36.6292, 10.2222)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9A42 #4276CE

analogous

#CE5442 #CE9A42 #BCCE42

triadic

#CE9A42 #42CE9A #9A42CE

tetradic

#CE9A42 #42CE54 #4276CE #CE42BC

square

#CE9A42 #42CE54 #4276CE #CE42BC

split-complementary

#CE9A42 #42BCCE #5442CE

monochromatic

#77561F #A7792B #CE9A42 #DBB473 #E7CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CE9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CE9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9A42

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9A42	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b77a',
    500: '#ce9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9a42;
$custom-light: #e1b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9A42

secondary

#98AED4

accent

#80E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9A42

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

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