#CE9E49#CE9E49

#CE9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E49
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 8.83, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 50.90, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0216 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.117 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8853, 38.0593, 11.6001)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E49 #4979CE

analogous

#CE5C49 #CE9E49 #BCCE49

triadic

#CE9E49 #49CE9E #9E49CE

tetradic

#CE9E49 #49CE5C #4979CE #CE49BC

square

#CE9E49 #49CE5C #4979CE #CE49BC

split-complementary

#CE9E49 #49BCCE #5C49CE

monochromatic

#7B5B21 #AC7E2E #CE9E49 #DBB879 #E8D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CE9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CE9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E49

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E49	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba7f',
    500: '#ce9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e49;
$custom-light: #e1ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E49

secondary

#9DB2D5

accent

#7FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E49

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

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