#CE9D37#CE9D37

#CE9D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D37
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 8.39, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 58.24, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.018 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.129 82)
XYZ	xyz(38.2026, 37.5144, 8.8426)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D37 #3768CE

analogous

#CE5137 #CE9D37 #B3CE37

triadic

#CE9D37 #37CE9D #9D37CE

tetradic

#CE9D37 #37CE51 #3768CE #CE37B3

square

#CE9D37 #37CE51 #3768CE #CE37B3

split-complementary

#CE9D37 #37B3CE #5137CE

monochromatic

#6F541B #A07927 #CE9D37 #DAB568 #E6CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CE9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D37

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D37	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b974',
    500: '#ce9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d37;
$custom-light: #e1b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.53,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.37512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D37

secondary

#8FA5D2

accent

#78E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D37

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

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