#CE9C49#CE9C49

#CE9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9C49
RGB	rgb(206, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 9.92, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 50.55, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0248 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.116 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5469, 37.3825, 11.4873)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9C49 #497BCE

analogous

#CE5A49 #CE9C49 #BDCE49

triadic

#CE9C49 #49CE9C #9C49CE

tetradic

#CE9C49 #49CE5A #497BCE #CE49BD

square

#CE9C49 #49CE5A #497BCE #CE49BD

split-complementary

#CE9C49 #49BDCE #5A49CE

monochromatic

#7B5921 #AC7C2E #CE9C49 #DBB679 #E8D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CE9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CE9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9C49

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9C49	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b97f',
    500: '#ce9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9c49;
$custom-light: #e1b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9C49

secondary

#9DB2D5

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9C49

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

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