#CE9B37#CE9B37

#CE9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9B37
RGB	rgb(206, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 9.47, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 57.91, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0211 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.128 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8670, 36.8432, 8.7307)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9B37 #376ACE

analogous

#CE4F37 #CE9B37 #B5CE37

triadic

#CE9B37 #37CE9B #9B37CE

tetradic

#CE9B37 #37CE4F #376ACE #CE37B5

square

#CE9B37 #37CE4F #376ACE #CE37B5

split-complementary

#CE9B37 #37B5CE #4F37CE

monochromatic

#6F531B #A07827 #CE9B37 #DAB468 #E6CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CE9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CE9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9B37

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9B37	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b874',
    500: '#ce9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9b37;
$custom-light: #e2b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72038,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9B37

secondary

#8FA6D2

accent

#7AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9B37

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

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