#CE9B40#CE9B40

#CE9B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9B40
RGB	rgb(206, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 9.92, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 54.26, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0236 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.123 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1027, 36.9375, 9.9723)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9B40 #4073CE

analogous

#CE5440 #CE9B40 #BACE40

triadic

#CE9B40 #40CE9B #9B40CE

tetradic

#CE9B40 #40CE54 #4073CE #CE40BA

square

#CE9B40 #40CE54 #4073CE #CE40BA

split-complementary

#CE9B40 #40BACE #5440CE

monochromatic

#75561E #A67A2B #CE9B40 #DAB571 #E7CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CE9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CE9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9B40

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9B40	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b879',
    500: '#ce9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9b40;
$custom-light: #e1b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9B40

secondary

#96ACD4

accent

#7EE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9B40

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

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