#CE6538#CE6538

#CE6538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.146 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6538
RGB	rgb(206, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 38.43, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 58.32, 48.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1074 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.146 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8240, 22.7185, 6.5025)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6538 #38A1CE

analogous

#CE3856 #CE6538 #CEB038

triadic

#CE6538 #38CE65 #6538CE

tetradic

#CE6538 #56CE38 #38A1CE #B038CE

square

#CE6538 #56CE38 #38A1CE #B038CE

split-complementary

#CE6538 #38CEB0 #3856CE

monochromatic

#70351C #A14C28 #CE6538 #DA8B69 #E6B19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#CE6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#CE6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6538

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6538	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E24F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.146 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e49371',
    500: '#ce6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6538;
$custom-light: #e49371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6246,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6538

secondary

#90BED2

accent

#B4E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6538

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

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