#E18A56#E18A56

#E18A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E18A56
RGB	rgb(225, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 28.41, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 50.25, 55.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0802 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.126 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8226, 34.8604, 13.3285)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E18A56 #56ADE1

analogous

#E15667 #E18A56 #E1CF56

triadic

#E18A56 #56E18A #8A56E1

tetradic

#E18A56 #67E156 #56ADE1 #CF56E1

square

#E18A56 #67E156 #56ADE1 #CF56E1

split-complementary

#E18A56 #56E1CF #5667E1

monochromatic

#A04E1C #D46726 #E18A56 #EAAE8A #F3D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E18A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#E18A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E18A56

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E18A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E18A56	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e18a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efac87',
    500: '#e18a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e18a56;
$custom-light: #efac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e18a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.446,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E18A56

secondary

#AFD0E4

accent

#8BD214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E18A56

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

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