#E17042#E17042

#E17042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.153 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17042
RGB	rgb(225, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 40.72, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 60.79, 47.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.1144 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.153 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8324, 27.9938, 8.5643)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17042 #42B3E1

analogous

#E14264 #E17042 #E1BF42

triadic

#E17042 #42E170 #7042E1

tetradic

#E17042 #64E142 #42B3E1 #BF42E1

square

#E17042 #64E142 #42B3E1 #BF42E1

split-complementary

#E17042 #42E1BF #4264E1

monochromatic

#923B17 #C6501F #E17042 #E99877 #F2C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E17042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#E17042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17042

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17042	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.153 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19b78',
    500: '#e17042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17042;
$custom-light: #f19b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.358,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66945,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17042

secondary

#9FCDE0

accent

#BAEF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17042

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

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