#E17242#E17242

#E17242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.152 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17242
RGB	rgb(225, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 39.71, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 60.46, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.1113 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.152 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0555, 28.4401, 8.6387)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17242 #42B1E1

analogous

#E14262 #E17242 #E1C142

triadic

#E17242 #42E172 #7242E1

tetradic

#E17242 #62E142 #42B1E1 #C142E1

square

#E17242 #62E142 #42B1E1 #C142E1

split-complementary

#E17242 #42E1C1 #4262E1

monochromatic

#923C17 #C6521F #E17242 #E99977 #F2C1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E17242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#E17242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E17242

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17242	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F65B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.152 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19c78',
    500: '#e17242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17242;
$custom-light: #f19c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.113,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67251,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17242

secondary

#9FCCE0

accent

#B8EF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17242

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

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