#E17A50#E17A50

#E17A50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.140 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17A50
RGB	rgb(225, 122, 80)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 36.40, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 54.37, 47.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.1036 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.14 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4621, 30.5102, 11.3987)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17A50 #50B7E1

analogous

#E1506F #E17A50 #E1C250

triadic

#E17A50 #50E17A #7A50E1

tetradic

#E17A50 #6FE150 #50B7E1 #C250E1

square

#E17A50 #6FE150 #50B7E1 #C250E1

split-complementary

#E17A50 #50E1C2 #506FE1

monochromatic

#9C401B #D05624 #E17A50 #EAA284 #F3C9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#E17A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#E17A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17A50

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17A50	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96884C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 122, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.140 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a282',
    500: '#e17a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17a50;
$custom-light: #f0a282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.379,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68686,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17A50

secondary

#AAD2E2

accent

#BAED3A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF3EF

border

#D7CDCA

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17A50

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

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