#CE9F40#CE9F40

#CE9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.124 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9F40
RGB	rgb(206, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 7.76, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 54.96, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0173 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.124 82)
XYZ	xyz(38.7795, 38.2910, 10.1979)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9F40 #406FCE

analogous

#CE5840 #CE9F40 #B6CE40

triadic

#CE9F40 #40CE9F #9F40CE

tetradic

#CE9F40 #40CE58 #406FCE #CE40B6

square

#CE9F40 #40CE58 #406FCE #CE40B6

split-complementary

#CE9F40 #40B6CE #5840CE

monochromatic

#75591E #A67D2B #CE9F40 #DAB771 #E7D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CE9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CE9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9F40

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9F40	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)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.124 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb79',
    500: '#ce9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9f40;
$custom-light: #e1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.38288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9F40

secondary

#96ABD4

accent

#79E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9F40

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

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