#CE9D40#CE9D40

#CE9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D40
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 8.84, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 54.60, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0204 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.123 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4383, 37.6087, 10.0842)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D40 #4071CE

analogous

#CE5640 #CE9D40 #B8CE40

triadic

#CE9D40 #40CE9D #9D40CE

tetradic

#CE9D40 #40CE56 #4071CE #CE40B8

square

#CE9D40 #40CE56 #4071CE #CE40B8

split-complementary

#CE9D40 #40B8CE #5640CE

monochromatic

#75571E #A67C2B #CE9D40 #DAB671 #E7CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CE9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CE9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D40

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D40	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b979',
    500: '#ce9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d40;
$custom-light: #e1b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D40

secondary

#96ABD4

accent

#7CE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D40

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

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