#E17E55#E17E55

#E17E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.135 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17E55
RGB	rgb(225, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 34.65, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 52.03, 48.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.099 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.135 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1551, 31.5894, 12.5752)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17E55 #55B8E1

analogous

#E15572 #E17E55 #E1C455

triadic

#E17E55 #55E17E #7E55E1

tetradic

#E17E55 #72E155 #55B8E1 #C455E1

square

#E17E55 #72E155 #55B8E1 #C455E1

split-complementary

#E17E55 #55E1C4 #5572E1

monochromatic

#9F431C #D35825 #E17E55 #EAA589 #F3CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#E17E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#E17E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17E55

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17E55	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.135 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a486',
    500: '#e17e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17e55;
$custom-light: #f0a486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69404,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17E55

secondary

#AED4E3

accent

#9AD214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17E55

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

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