#CE9F3E#CE9F3E

#CE9F3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9F3E
RGB	rgb(206, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 7.66, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 55.79, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0167 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.125 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7236, 38.2686, 9.9035)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9F3E #3E6DCE

analogous

#CE573E #CE9F3E #B5CE3E

triadic

#CE9F3E #3ECE9F #9F3ECE

tetradic

#CE9F3E #3ECE57 #3E6DCE #CE3EB5

square

#CE9F3E #3ECE57 #3E6DCE #CE3EB5

split-complementary

#CE9F3E #3EB5CE #573ECE

monochromatic

#74581D #A57D2A #CE9F3E #DAB76F #E7D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CE9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9F3E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9F3E	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)

#B39F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb78',
    500: '#ce9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9f3e;
$custom-light: #e1bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9F3E

secondary

#95A9D3

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9F3E

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

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