#CE9E40#CE9E40

#CE9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E40
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 8.30, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 54.77, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0189 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.123 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6082, 37.9484, 10.1408)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E40 #4070CE

analogous

#CE5740 #CE9E40 #B7CE40

triadic

#CE9E40 #40CE9E #9E40CE

tetradic

#CE9E40 #40CE57 #4070CE #CE40B7

square

#CE9E40 #40CE57 #4070CE #CE40B7

split-complementary

#CE9E40 #40B7CE #5740CE

monochromatic

#75581E #A67C2B #CE9E40 #DAB771 #E7CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CE9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CE9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E40

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E40	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba79',
    500: '#ce9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e40;
$custom-light: #e1ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E40

secondary

#96ABD4

accent

#7AE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E40

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

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