#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
RGB	rgb(206, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 38.94, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 58.49, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.109 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.147 42)
XYZ	xyz(30.7275, 22.5255, 6.4704)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CE6438	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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