#CE9E59#CE9E59

#CE9E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9E59
RGB	rgb(206, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 9.98, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 43.65, 76.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0271 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.104 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4857, 38.2994, 14.7621)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9E59 #5989CE

analogous

#CE6359 #CE9E59 #C3CE59

triadic

#CE9E59 #59CE9E #9E59CE

tetradic

#CE9E59 #59CE63 #5989CE #CE59C3

square

#CE9E59 #59CE63 #5989CE #CE59C3

split-complementary

#CE9E59 #59C3CE #6359CE

monochromatic

#855F27 #B58035 #CE9E59 #DCBA88 #EAD5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CE9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9E59

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9E59	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba89',
    500: '#ce9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9e59;
$custom-light: #e0ba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9E59

secondary

#AABDD9

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9E59

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

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