#CE9C39#CE9C39

#CE9C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9C39
RGB	rgb(206, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 9.02, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 57.29, 80.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.02 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.127 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0830, 37.1970, 9.0440)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9C39 #396BCE

analogous

#CE5239 #CE9C39 #B6CE39

triadic

#CE9C39 #39CE9C #9C39CE

tetradic

#CE9C39 #39CE52 #396BCE #CE39B6

square

#CE9C39 #39CE52 #396BCE #CE39B6

split-complementary

#CE9C39 #39B6CE #5239CE

monochromatic

#71541C #A27928 #CE9C39 #DAB56A #E6CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CE9C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CE9C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9C39

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9C39	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)

#B09D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b975',
    500: '#ce9c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9c39;
$custom-light: #e1b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9C39

secondary

#91A7D2

accent

#7AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9C39

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

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