#E17E56#E17E56

#E17E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E17E56
RGB	rgb(225, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 34.72, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 51.69, 47.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0994 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.134 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1951, 31.6054, 12.7859)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E17E56 #56B9E1

analogous

#E15673 #E17E56 #E1C356

triadic

#E17E56 #56E17E #7E56E1

tetradic

#E17E56 #73E156 #56B9E1 #C356E1

square

#E17E56 #73E156 #56B9E1 #C356E1

split-complementary

#E17E56 #56E1C3 #5673E1

monochromatic

#A0421C #D45826 #E17E56 #EAA68A #F3CDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#E17E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#E17E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E17E56

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E17E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E17E56	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)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F56C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e17e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a486',
    500: '#e17e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e17e56;
$custom-light: #f0a486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e17e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.266,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69418,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E17E56

secondary

#AFD5E4

accent

#9BD214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#170F0B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E17E56

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

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