#CE6A42#CE6A42

#CE6A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.138 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE6A42
RGB	rgb(206, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 36.38, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 54.01, 47.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1029 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.138 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5938, 23.8269, 8.0885)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE6A42 #42A6CE

analogous

#CE4260 #CE6A42 #CEB042

triadic

#CE6A42 #42CE6A #6A42CE

tetradic

#CE6A42 #60CE42 #42A6CE #B042CE

square

#CE6A42 #60CE42 #42A6CE #B042CE

split-complementary

#CE6A42 #42CEB0 #4260CE

monochromatic

#77381F #A74F2B #CE6A42 #DB9073 #E7B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#CE6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#CE6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE6A42

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE6A42	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E15661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.138 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39678',
    500: '#ce6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce6a42;
$custom-light: #e39678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6336,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE6A42

secondary

#98C3D4

accent

#B5E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE6A42

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

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