#CE9D3C#CE9D3C

#CE9D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D3C
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 8.63, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 56.25, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0193 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.126 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3286, 37.5648, 9.5061)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D3C #3C6DCE

analogous

#CE543C #CE9D3C #B6CE3C

triadic

#CE9D3C #3CCE9D #9D3CCE

tetradic

#CE9D3C #3CCE54 #3C6DCE #CE3CB6

square

#CE9D3C #3CCE54 #3C6DCE #CE3CB6

split-complementary

#CE9D3C #3CB6CE #543CCE

monochromatic

#73561D #A47B29 #CE9D3C #DAB66D #E7CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CE9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D3C

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D3C	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)

#B19E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b977',
    500: '#ce9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d3c;
$custom-light: #e1b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D3C

secondary

#93A8D3

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D3C

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

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