#CE9E42#CE9E42

#CE9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E42
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 8.41, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 53.93, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0194 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.122 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6662, 37.9716, 10.4459)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E42 #4272CE

analogous

#CE5842 #CE9E42 #B8CE42

triadic

#CE9E42 #42CE9E #9E42CE

tetradic

#CE9E42 #42CE58 #4272CE #CE42B8

square

#CE9E42 #42CE58 #4272CE #CE42B8

split-complementary

#CE9E42 #42B8CE #5842CE

monochromatic

#77591F #A77D2B #CE9E42 #DBB773 #E7D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CE9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CE9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E42

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E42	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba7b',
    500: '#ce9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e42;
$custom-light: #e1ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E42

secondary

#98ACD4

accent

#7BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E42

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

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