#CE5638#CE5638

#CE5638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.159 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5638
RGB	rgb(206, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 45.80, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 61.29, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.13 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.159 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4982, 20.0669, 6.0606)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5638 #38B0CE

analogous

#CE3865 #CE5638 #CEA138

triadic

#CE5638 #38CE56 #5638CE

tetradic

#CE5638 #65CE38 #38B0CE #A138CE

square

#CE5638 #65CE38 #38B0CE #A138CE

split-complementary

#CE5638 #38CEA1 #3865CE

monochromatic

#702C1C #A14028 #CE5638 #DA8069 #E6A99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CE5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CE5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5638

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5638	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.159 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48970',
    500: '#ce5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5638;
$custom-light: #e48970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6028,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5638

secondary

#90C5D2

accent

#C4E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5638

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

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