#CE9D38#CE9D38

#CE9D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D38
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 8.43, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 57.85, 81.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0182 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.128 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2268, 37.5241, 8.9701)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D38 #3869CE

analogous

#CE5238 #CE9D38 #B4CE38

triadic

#CE9D38 #38CE9D #9D38CE

tetradic

#CE9D38 #38CE52 #3869CE #CE38B4

square

#CE9D38 #38CE52 #3869CE #CE38B4

split-complementary

#CE9D38 #38B4CE #5238CE

monochromatic

#70541C #A17928 #CE9D38 #DAB569 #E6CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CE9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D38

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D38	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)

#B19E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b975',
    500: '#ce9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d38;
$custom-light: #e1b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72439,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D38

secondary

#90A5D2

accent

#78E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D38

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

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