#CE9D3B#CE9D3B

#CE9D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D3B
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 8.58, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 56.65, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.019 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.126 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3024, 37.5543, 9.3682)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D3B #3B6CCE

analogous

#CE543B #CE9D3B #B6CE3B

triadic

#CE9D3B #3BCE9D #9D3BCE

tetradic

#CE9D3B #3BCE54 #3B6CCE #CE3BB6

square

#CE9D3B #3BCE54 #3B6CCE #CE3BB6

split-complementary

#CE9D3B #3BB6CE #543BCE

monochromatic

#72561D #A37A29 #CE9D3B #DAB56C #E6CE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CE9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D3B

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D3B	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)

#B19E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b976',
    500: '#ce9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d3b;
$custom-light: #e1b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D3B

secondary

#92A8D3

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D3B

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

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