#CE9E3E#CE9E3E

#CE9E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E3E
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 8.20, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 55.61, 81.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0183 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.125 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5523, 37.9261, 9.8464)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E3E #3E6ECE

analogous

#CE563E #CE9E3E #B6CE3E

triadic

#CE9E3E #3ECE9E #9E3ECE

tetradic

#CE9E3E #3ECE56 #3E6ECE #CE3EB6

square

#CE9E3E #3ECE56 #3E6ECE #CE3EB6

split-complementary

#CE9E3E #3EB6CE #563ECE

monochromatic

#74571D #A57C2A #CE9E3E #DAB76F #E7CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CE9E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CE9E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E3E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E3E	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)

#B29E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba78',
    500: '#ce9e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e3e;
$custom-light: #e1ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E3E

secondary

#95A9D3

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E3E

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

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