#CE6238#CE6238

#CE6238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.148 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6238
RGB	rgb(206, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 39.95, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 58.85, 47.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.112 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.148 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5380, 22.1465, 6.4072)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6238 #38A4CE

analogous

#CE3859 #CE6238 #CEAD38

triadic

#CE6238 #38CE62 #6238CE

tetradic

#CE6238 #59CE38 #38A4CE #AD38CE

square

#CE6238 #59CE38 #38A4CE #AD38CE

split-complementary

#CE6238 #38CEAD #3859CE

monochromatic

#70331C #A14A28 #CE6238 #DA8969 #E6AF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#CE6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#CE6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6238

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6238	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.148 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e49170',
    500: '#ce6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6238;
$custom-light: #e49170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6238

secondary

#90BFD2

accent

#B7E444

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FEF1EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6238

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

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