#CE9E37#CE9E37

#CE9E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E37
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 7.85, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 58.41, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0164 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.129 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3725, 37.8541, 8.8992)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E37 #3767CE

analogous

#CE5237 #CE9E37 #B2CE37

triadic

#CE9E37 #37CE9E #9E37CE

tetradic

#CE9E37 #37CE52 #3767CE #CE37B2

square

#CE9E37 #37CE52 #3767CE #CE37B2

split-complementary

#CE9E37 #37B2CE #5237CE

monochromatic

#6F551B #A07A27 #CE9E37 #DAB668 #E6CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CE9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CE9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E37

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E37	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba74',
    500: '#ce9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e37;
$custom-light: #e1ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.927,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E37

secondary

#8FA4D2

accent

#77E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E37

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

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