#CE9D3E#CE9D3E

#CE9D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D3E
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 8.74, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 55.43, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0199 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.124 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3824, 37.5863, 9.7898)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D3E #3E6FCE

analogous

#CE553E #CE9D3E #B7CE3E

triadic

#CE9D3E #3ECE9D #9D3ECE

tetradic

#CE9D3E #3ECE55 #3E6FCE #CE3EB7

square

#CE9D3E #3ECE55 #3E6FCE #CE3EB7

split-complementary

#CE9D3E #3EB7CE #553ECE

monochromatic

#74571D #A57B2A #CE9D3E #DAB66F #E7CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CE9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CE9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D3E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D3E	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b978',
    500: '#ce9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d3e;
$custom-light: #e1b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D3E

secondary

#95AAD3

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D3E

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

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