#CE9E3C#CE9E3C

#CE9E3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E3C
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 8.09, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 56.42, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0177 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.126 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4985, 37.9045, 9.5627)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E3C #3C6CCE

analogous

#CE553C #CE9E3C #B5CE3C

triadic

#CE9E3C #3CCE9E #9E3CCE

tetradic

#CE9E3C #3CCE55 #3C6CCE #CE3CB5

square

#CE9E3C #3CCE55 #3C6CCE #CE3CB5

split-complementary

#CE9E3C #3CB5CE #553CCE

monochromatic

#73571D #A47B29 #CE9E3C #DAB66D #E7CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CE9E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CE9E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E3C

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E3C	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba77',
    500: '#ce9e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e3c;
$custom-light: #e1ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7267,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E3C

secondary

#93A8D3

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E3C

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

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