#CE9F41#CE9F41

#CE9F41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9F41
RGB	rgb(206, 159, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 7.82, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 54.54, 81.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0176 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.123 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8082, 38.3024, 10.3491)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9F41 #4170CE

analogous

#CE5841 #CE9F41 #B6CE41

triadic

#CE9F41 #41CE9F #9F41CE

tetradic

#CE9F41 #41CE58 #4170CE #CE41B6

square

#CE9F41 #41CE58 #4170CE #CE41B6

split-complementary

#CE9F41 #41B6CE #5841CE

monochromatic

#76591E #A77E2B #CE9F41 #DBB872 #E7D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CE9F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CE9F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9F41

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9F41	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B39F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 159, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb7a',
    500: '#ce9f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9f41;
$custom-light: #e1bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9F41

secondary

#97ABD4

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9F41

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

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