#CE6A40#CE6A40

#CE6A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.139 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6A40
RGB	rgb(206, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 36.27, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 54.70, 48.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.1022 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.139 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5359, 23.8037, 7.7834)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6A40 #40A4CE

analogous

#CE405D #CE6A40 #CEB140

triadic

#CE6A40 #40CE6A #6A40CE

tetradic

#CE6A40 #5DCE40 #40A4CE #B140CE

square

#CE6A40 #5DCE40 #40A4CE #B140CE

split-complementary

#CE6A40 #40CEB1 #405DCE

monochromatic

#75381E #A64F2B #CE6A40 #DA9071 #E7B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#CE6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#CE6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6A40

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6A40	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E15660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.139 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39676',
    500: '#ce6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6a40;
$custom-light: #e39676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6A40

secondary

#96C1D4

accent

#B4E245

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6A40

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

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