#CE9D42#CE9D42

#CE9D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D42
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 8.95, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 53.75, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.021 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.122 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4963, 37.6319, 10.3893)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D42 #4273CE

analogous

#CE5742 #CE9D42 #B9CE42

triadic

#CE9D42 #42CE9D #9D42CE

tetradic

#CE9D42 #42CE57 #4273CE #CE42B9

square

#CE9D42 #42CE57 #4273CE #CE42B9

split-complementary

#CE9D42 #42B9CE #5742CE

monochromatic

#77581F #A77C2B #CE9D42 #DBB673 #E7CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CE9D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CE9D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D42

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D42	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b97b',
    500: '#ce9d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d42;
$custom-light: #e1b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D42

secondary

#98ADD4

accent

#7CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D42

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

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