#E1855E#E1855E

#E1855E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1855E
RGB	rgb(225, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 31.62, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 47.91, 48.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0912 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.125 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4622, 33.5948, 14.8884)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1855E #5EBAE1

analogous

#E15E78 #E1855E #E1C75E

triadic

#E1855E #5EE185 #855EE1

tetradic

#E1855E #78E15E #5EBAE1 #C75EE1

square

#E1855E #78E15E #5EBAE1 #C75EE1

split-complementary

#E1855E #5EE1C7 #5E78E1

monochromatic

#A6471F #D75E2A #E1855E #EBAC92 #F4D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#E1855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#E1855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1855E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1855E	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efa98c',
    500: '#e1855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1855e;
$custom-light: #efa98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.863,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1855E

secondary

#B6D7E5

accent

#99D115

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1855E

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

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