#CE9D49#CE9D49

#CE9D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9D49
RGB	rgb(206, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 9.38, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 50.72, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0232 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.117 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7154, 37.7195, 11.5435)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9D49 #497ACE

analogous

#CE5B49 #CE9D49 #BCCE49

triadic

#CE9D49 #49CE9D #9D49CE

tetradic

#CE9D49 #49CE5B #497ACE #CE49BC

square

#CE9D49 #49CE5B #497ACE #CE49BC

split-complementary

#CE9D49 #49BCCE #5B49CE

monochromatic

#7B5A21 #AC7D2E #CE9D49 #DBB779 #E8D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CE9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CE9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9D49

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9D49	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b97f',
    500: '#ce9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9d49;
$custom-light: #e1b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9D49

secondary

#9DB2D5

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9D49

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

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