#CE9F3B#CE9F3B

#CE9F3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9F3B
RGB	rgb(206, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 7.50, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 57.01, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0159 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.127 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6435, 38.2366, 9.4819)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9F3B #3B6ACE

analogous

#CE553B #CE9F3B #B4CE3B

triadic

#CE9F3B #3BCE9F #9F3BCE

tetradic

#CE9F3B #3BCE55 #3B6ACE #CE3BB4

square

#CE9F3B #3BCE55 #3B6ACE #CE3BB4

split-complementary

#CE9F3B #3BB4CE #553BCE

monochromatic

#72571D #A37C29 #CE9F3B #DAB76C #E6CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CE9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9F3B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9F3B	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)

#B39F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb77',
    500: '#ce9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9f3b;
$custom-light: #e1bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9F3B

secondary

#92A7D3

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9F3B

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

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