#CE6438#CE6438

#CE6438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.147 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CE6438
RGBrgb(206, 100, 56)
HSLhsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(18, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 51.5%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(54.58, 38.94, 43.64)
CIE-LCHlch(54.58, 58.49, 48.26°)
OKLaboklab(62.31% 0.109 0.098)
OKLCHoklch(62.31% 0.147 42)
XYZxyz(30.7275, 22.5255, 6.4704)
Luminance0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CE6438 #38A2CE
analogous
#CE3857 #CE6438 #CEAF38
triadic
#CE6438 #38CE64 #6438CE
tetradic
#CE6438 #57CE38 #38A2CE #AF38CE
square
#CE6438 #57CE38 #38A2CE #AF38CE
split-complementary
#CE6438 #38CEAF #3857CE
monochromatic
#70341C #A14B28 #CE6438 #DA8A69 #E6B19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82
#CE6438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50
#CE6438 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6438
5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CE6438#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CE64381.003.825.505.50
#FFFFFF3.821.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5021.001.001.00
##0000005.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#817433
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8C36
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E24E5A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ce6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.147 42.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e49271',
    500: '#ce6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ce6438;
$custom-light: #e49271;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ce6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62307,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.22522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CE6438
secondary
#90BFD2
accent
#B5E444
background
#FEF9F6
surface
#FDF1EC
border
#D5CBC7
text
#170D08
muted
#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6438

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#CE6438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva