#CE9C42#CE9C42

#CE9C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9C42
RGB	rgb(206, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 9.49, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 53.58, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0226 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.121 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3278, 37.2949, 10.3331)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9C42 #4274CE

analogous

#CE5642 #CE9C42 #BACE42

triadic

#CE9C42 #42CE9C #9C42CE

tetradic

#CE9C42 #42CE56 #4274CE #CE42BA

square

#CE9C42 #42CE56 #4274CE #CE42BA

split-complementary

#CE9C42 #42BACE #5642CE

monochromatic

#77571F #A77B2B #CE9C42 #DBB573 #E7CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CE9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CE9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9C42

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9C42	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b97a',
    500: '#ce9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9c42;
$custom-light: #e1b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9C42

secondary

#98ADD4

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9C42

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

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