#CE9D39#CE9D39

#CE9D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D39
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 8.48, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 57.45, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0185 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.128 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2515, 37.5339, 9.1002)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D39 #396ACE

analogous

#CE5339 #CE9D39 #B5CE39

triadic

#CE9D39 #39CE9D #9D39CE

tetradic

#CE9D39 #39CE53 #396ACE #CE39B5

square

#CE9D39 #39CE53 #396ACE #CE39B5

split-complementary

#CE9D39 #39B5CE #5339CE

monochromatic

#71551C #A27A28 #CE9D39 #DAB56A #E6CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CE9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D39

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D39	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b975',
    500: '#ce9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d39;
$custom-light: #e1b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D39

secondary

#91A6D2

accent

#79E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D39

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

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