#E17142#E17142

#E17142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.153 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17142
RGB	rgb(225, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 40.21, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 60.62, 48.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.1129 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.153 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9433, 28.2157, 8.6013)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17142 #42B2E1

analogous

#E14263 #E17142 #E1C142

triadic

#E17142 #42E171 #7142E1

tetradic

#E17142 #63E142 #42B2E1 #C142E1

square

#E17142 #63E142 #42B2E1 #C142E1

split-complementary

#E17142 #42E1C1 #4263E1

monochromatic

#923B17 #C6511F #E17142 #E99977 #F2C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E17142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#E17142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17142

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17142	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.153 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19c78',
    500: '#e17142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17142;
$custom-light: #f19c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.736,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17142

secondary

#9FCDE0

accent

#B9EF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17142

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

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