#CE642E#CE642E

#CE642E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.150 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE642E
RGB	rgb(206, 100, 46)
HSL	hsl(20, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 38.51, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 61.90, 51.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.106 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.15 45)
XYZ	xyz(30.5069, 22.4372, 5.3086)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE642E #2E98CE

analogous

#CE2E48 #CE642E #CEB42E

triadic

#CE642E #2ECE64 #642ECE

tetradic

#CE642E #48CE2E #2E98CE #B42ECE

square

#CE642E #48CE2E #2E98CE #B42ECE

split-complementary

#CE642E #2ECEB4 #2E48CE

monochromatic

#6A3318 #9C4C23 #CE642E #DB885E #E6AD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#CE642E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#CE642E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE642E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE642E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE642E	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce642e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 100, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.150 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4926a',
    500: '#ce642e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce642e;
$custom-light: #e4926a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce642e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.25,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62207,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.22433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE642E

secondary

#87B8D1

accent

#AFE741

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FEF1EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE642E

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

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