#CE9C38#CE9C38

#CE9C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9C38
RGB	rgb(206, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 8.97, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 57.68, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0198 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.128 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0583, 37.1871, 8.9140)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9C38 #386ACE

analogous

#CE5138 #CE9C38 #B5CE38

triadic

#CE9C38 #38CE9C #9C38CE

tetradic

#CE9C38 #38CE51 #386ACE #CE38B5

square

#CE9C38 #38CE51 #386ACE #CE38B5

split-complementary

#CE9C38 #38B5CE #5138CE

monochromatic

#70541C #A17928 #CE9C38 #DAB469 #E6CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CE9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CE9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9C38

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9C38	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b975',
    500: '#ce9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9c38;
$custom-light: #e1b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9C38

secondary

#90A6D2

accent

#79E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9C38

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

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