#CE9E55#CE9E55

#CE9E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E55
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 9.67, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 45.49, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0256 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.107 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3222, 38.2340, 13.9014)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E55 #5585CE

analogous

#CE6255 #CE9E55 #C2CE55

triadic

#CE9E55 #55CE9E #9E55CE

tetradic

#CE9E55 #55CE62 #5585CE #CE55C2

square

#CE9E55 #55CE62 #5585CE #CE55C2

split-complementary

#CE9E55 #55C2CE #6255CE

monochromatic

#835E26 #B28033 #CE9E55 #DCB985 #E9D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CE9E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E55

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E55	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba87',
    500: '#ce9e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e55;
$custom-light: #e0ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E55

secondary

#A7BAD8

accent

#84DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E55

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

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