#CE7242#CE7242

#CE7242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.132 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE7242
RGB	rgb(206, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 32.20, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 52.81, 52.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0901 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.132 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4570, 25.5533, 8.3762)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE7242 #429ECE

analogous

#CE4258 #CE7242 #CEB842

triadic

#CE7242 #42CE72 #7242CE

tetradic

#CE7242 #58CE42 #429ECE #B842CE

square

#CE7242 #58CE42 #429ECE #B842CE

split-complementary

#CE7242 #42CEB8 #4258CE

monochromatic

#773D1F #A7562B #CE7242 #DB9673 #E7BBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#CE7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#CE7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE7242

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE7242	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E16067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.132 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39b78',
    500: '#ce7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce7242;
$custom-light: #e39b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64659,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE7242

secondary

#98BFD4

accent

#ACE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE7242

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

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