#CE9E53#CE9E53

#CE9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E53
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 9.52, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 46.41, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0249 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.109 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2439, 38.2027, 13.4888)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E53 #5383CE

analogous

#CE6153 #CE9E53 #C1CE53

triadic

#CE9E53 #53CE9E #9E53CE

tetradic

#CE9E53 #53CE61 #5383CE #CE53C1

square

#CE9E53 #53CE61 #5383CE #CE53C1

split-complementary

#CE9E53 #53C1CE #6153CE

monochromatic

#825D25 #B18033 #CE9E53 #DCB983 #E9D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CE9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E53

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E53	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba85',
    500: '#ce9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e53;
$custom-light: #e0ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E53

secondary

#A5B9D8

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E53

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

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