#CE9F42#CE9F42

#CE9F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9F42
RGB	rgb(206, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 7.88, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 54.11, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0179 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.122 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8374, 38.3141, 10.5030)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9F42 #4271CE

analogous

#CE5942 #CE9F42 #B7CE42

triadic

#CE9F42 #42CE9F #9F42CE

tetradic

#CE9F42 #42CE59 #4271CE #CE42B7

square

#CE9F42 #42CE59 #4271CE #CE42B7

split-complementary

#CE9F42 #42B7CE #5942CE

monochromatic

#77591F #A77E2B #CE9F42 #DBB873 #E7D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CE9F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CE9F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9F42

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9F42	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb7b',
    500: '#ce9f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9f42;
$custom-light: #e1bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9F42

secondary

#98ACD4

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9F42

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

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