#CE9C40#CE9C40

#CE9C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9C40
RGB	rgb(206, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 9.38, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 54.43, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.022 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.123 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2698, 37.2717, 10.0280)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9C40 #4072CE

analogous

#CE5540 #CE9C40 #B9CE40

triadic

#CE9C40 #40CE9C #9C40CE

tetradic

#CE9C40 #40CE55 #4072CE #CE40B9

square

#CE9C40 #40CE55 #4072CE #CE40B9

split-complementary

#CE9C40 #40B9CE #5540CE

monochromatic

#75571E #A67B2B #CE9C40 #DAB571 #E7CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CE9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CE9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9C40

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9C40	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b979',
    500: '#ce9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9c40;
$custom-light: #e1b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9C40

secondary

#96ACD4

accent

#7DE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9C40

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

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