#CE5E38#CE5E38

#CE5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.152 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE5E38
RGB	rgb(206, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 41.94, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 59.61, 45.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1181 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.152 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1731, 21.4166, 6.2855)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE5E38 #38A8CE

analogous

#CE385D #CE5E38 #CEA938

triadic

#CE5E38 #38CE5E #5E38CE

tetradic

#CE5E38 #5DCE38 #38A8CE #A938CE

square

#CE5E38 #5DCE38 #38A8CE #A938CE

split-complementary

#CE5E38 #38CEA9 #385DCE

monochromatic

#70311C #A14628 #CE5E38 #DA8669 #E6AD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CE5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CE5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE5E38

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE5E38	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.152 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48e70',
    500: '#ce5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce5e38;
$custom-light: #e48e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6141,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE5E38

secondary

#90C1D2

accent

#BBE444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE5E38

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

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