#E17C55#E17C55

#E17C55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.136 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17C55
RGB	rgb(225, 124, 85)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 35.69, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 52.35, 47.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.1022 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.136 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9019, 31.0830, 12.4908)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17C55 #55BAE1

analogous

#E15574 #E17C55 #E1C255

triadic

#E17C55 #55E17C #7C55E1

tetradic

#E17C55 #74E155 #55BAE1 #C255E1

square

#E17C55 #74E155 #55BAE1 #C255E1

split-complementary

#E17C55 #55E1C2 #5574E1

monochromatic

#9F411C #D35625 #E17C55 #EAA489 #F3CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#E17C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#E17C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17C55

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17C55	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 124, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.136 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a386',
    500: '#e17c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17c55;
$custom-light: #f0a386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69079,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17C55

secondary

#AED5E3

accent

#9DD214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17C55

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

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