#CE6235#CE6235

#CE6235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.149 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6235
RGB	rgb(206, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 39.81, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 59.86, 48.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1111 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.149 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4669, 22.1180, 6.0323)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6235 #35A1CE

analogous

#CE3554 #CE6235 #CEAE35

triadic

#CE6235 #35CE62 #6235CE

tetradic

#CE6235 #54CE35 #35A1CE #AE35CE

square

#CE6235 #54CE35 #35A1CE #AE35CE

split-complementary

#CE6235 #35CEAE #3554CE

monochromatic

#6E331B #9F4A27 #CE6235 #DA8866 #E6AF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#CE6235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#CE6235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6235

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6235	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.149 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4916f',
    500: '#ce6235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6235;
$custom-light: #e4916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61971,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6235

secondary

#8DBDD1

accent

#B5E444

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FEF1EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6235

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

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