#E16F42#E16F42

#E16F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.154 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16F42
RGB	rgb(225, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 41.22, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 60.97, 47.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.1159 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.154 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7227, 27.7744, 8.5277)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16F42 #42B4E1

analogous

#E14265 #E16F42 #E1BF42

triadic

#E16F42 #42E16F #6F42E1

tetradic

#E16F42 #65E142 #42B4E1 #BF42E1

square

#E16F42 #65E142 #42B4E1 #BF42E1

split-complementary

#E16F42 #42E1BF #4265E1

monochromatic

#923A17 #C64F1F #E16F42 #E99777 #F2BFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E16F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E16F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16F42

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16F42	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.154 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19a78',
    500: '#e16f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16f42;
$custom-light: #f19a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66793,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16F42

secondary

#9FCDE0

accent

#BCEF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16F42

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

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