#CE9C3B#CE9C3B

#CE9C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9C3B
RGB	rgb(206, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 9.12, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 56.49, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0206 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.126 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1339, 37.2173, 9.3120)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9C3B #3B6DCE

analogous

#CE533B #CE9C3B #B6CE3B

triadic

#CE9C3B #3BCE9C #9C3BCE

tetradic

#CE9C3B #3BCE53 #3B6DCE #CE3BB6

square

#CE9C3B #3BCE53 #3B6DCE #CE3BB6

split-complementary

#CE9C3B #3BB6CE #533BCE

monochromatic

#72551D #A37929 #CE9C3B #DAB56C #E6CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CE9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CE9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9C3B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9C3B	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)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b976',
    500: '#ce9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9c3b;
$custom-light: #e1b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9C3B

secondary

#92A8D3

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9C3B

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

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