#E16E45#E16E45

#E16E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.154 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16E45
RGB	rgb(225, 110, 69)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 41.87, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 60.15, 45.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.1184 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.154 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7049, 27.5937, 8.9696)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16E45 #45B8E1

analogous

#E1456A #E16E45 #E1BC45

triadic

#E16E45 #45E16E #6E45E1

tetradic

#E16E45 #6AE145 #45B8E1 #BC45E1

square

#E16E45 #6AE145 #45B8E1 #BC45E1

split-complementary

#E16E45 #45E1BC #456AE1

monochromatic

#943818 #C84D20 #E16E45 #E9977A #F2C0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E16E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#E16E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16E45

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16E45	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 110, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.154 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a7a',
    500: '#e16e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16e45;
$custom-light: #f19a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.769,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66678,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16E45

secondary

#A2D0E0

accent

#BFEF39

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16E45

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

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