#E16A3E#E16A3E

#E16A3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.160 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A3E
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 62)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 43.51, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 63.20, 46.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.1222 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.16 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0785, 26.6681, 7.7514)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A3E #3EB5E1

analogous

#E13E64 #E16A3E #E1BB3E

triadic

#E16A3E #3EE16A #6A3EE1

tetradic

#E16A3E #64E13E #3EB5E1 #BB3EE1

square

#E16A3E #64E13E #3EB5E1 #BB3EE1

split-complementary

#E16A3E #3EE1BB #3E64E1

monochromatic

#8E3716 #C34B1E #E16A3E #E99373 #F1BCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E16A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#E16A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A3E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A3E	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.160 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29775',
    500: '#e16a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a3e;
$custom-light: #f29775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.196,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66004,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A3E

secondary

#9CCDDF

accent

#BEF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A3E

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

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