#E16E42#E16E42

#E16E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.155 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E42
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 41.72, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 61.14, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.1174 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.155 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6142, 27.5574, 8.4915)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E42 #42B5E1

analogous

#E14265 #E16E42 #E1BE42

triadic

#E16E42 #42E16E #6E42E1

tetradic

#E16E42 #65E142 #42B5E1 #BE42E1

square

#E16E42 #65E142 #42B5E1 #BE42E1

split-complementary

#E16E42 #42E1BE #4265E1

monochromatic

#923917 #C64E1F #E16E42 #E99777 #F2BFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#E16E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E42

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E42	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.155 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a78',
    500: '#e16e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e42;
$custom-light: #f19a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.604,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66643,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E42

secondary

#9FCEE0

accent

#BDEF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E42

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

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