#E16A42#E16A42

#E16A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.159 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16A42
RGB	rgb(225, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 43.70, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 61.89, 45.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.1235 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.159 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1923, 26.7136, 8.3509)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16A42 #42B9E1

analogous

#E1426A #E16A42 #E1B942

triadic

#E16A42 #42E16A #6A42E1

tetradic

#E16A42 #6AE142 #42B9E1 #B942E1

square

#E16A42 #6AE142 #42B9E1 #B942E1

split-complementary

#E16A42 #42E1B9 #426AE1

monochromatic

#923617 #C6491F #E16A42 #E99477 #F2BDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#E16A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#E16A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16A42

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16A42	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.159 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19778',
    500: '#e16a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16a42;
$custom-light: #f19778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.094,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6605,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16A42

secondary

#9FCFE0

accent

#C1EF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16A42

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

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