#E17A51#E17A51

#E17A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.140 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17A51
RGB	rgb(225, 122, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 36.47, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 54.03, 47.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.1039 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.14 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4993, 30.5251, 11.5948)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17A51 #51B8E1

analogous

#E15170 #E17A51 #E1C251

triadic

#E17A51 #51E17A #7A51E1

tetradic

#E17A51 #70E151 #51B8E1 #C251E1

square

#E17A51 #70E151 #51B8E1 #C251E1

split-complementary

#E17A51 #51E1C2 #5170E1

monochromatic

#9D401B #D15524 #E17A51 #EAA285 #F3CAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#E17A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#E17A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17A51

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17A51	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)

#95884D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 122, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.140 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a283',
    500: '#e17a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17a51;
$custom-light: #f0a283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68699,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17A51

secondary

#ABD3E3

accent

#BAED3A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF3EF

border

#D7CDCA

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17A51

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

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