#CE6138#CE6138

#CE6138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.149 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6138
RGB	rgb(206, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 40.45, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 59.03, 46.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1136 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.149 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4451, 21.9606, 6.3762)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6138 #38A5CE

analogous

#CE385A #CE6138 #CEAC38

triadic

#CE6138 #38CE61 #6138CE

tetradic

#CE6138 #5ACE38 #38A5CE #AC38CE

square

#CE6138 #5ACE38 #38A5CE #AC38CE

split-complementary

#CE6138 #38CEAC #385ACE

monochromatic

#70331C #A14928 #CE6138 #DA8869 #E6AF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#CE6138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#CE6138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6138

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6138	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.149 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e49070',
    500: '#ce6138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6138;
$custom-light: #e49070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61853,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6138

secondary

#90C0D2

accent

#B8E444

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FEF1EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6138

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

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