#CE6542#CE6542

#CE6542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.142 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6542
RGB	rgb(206, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 38.95, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 54.93, 44.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1107 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.142 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0935, 22.8263, 7.9217)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6542 #42ABCE

analogous

#CE4265 #CE6542 #CEAB42

triadic

#CE6542 #42CE65 #6542CE

tetradic

#CE6542 #65CE42 #42ABCE #AB42CE

square

#CE6542 #65CE42 #42ABCE #AB42CE

split-complementary

#CE6542 #42CEAB #4265CE

monochromatic

#77351F #A74A2B #CE6542 #DB8D73 #E7B4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CE6542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#CE6542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6542

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6542	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.142 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39377',
    500: '#ce6542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6542;
$custom-light: #e39377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62581,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6542

secondary

#98C5D4

accent

#BBE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6542

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

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