#E18F42#E18F42

#E18F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E18F42
RGB	rgb(225, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 24.56, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 57.86, 64.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0657 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.135 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8604, 36.0499, 9.9069)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E18F42 #4294E1

analogous

#E14244 #E18F42 #E1DF42

triadic

#E18F42 #42E18F #8F42E1

tetradic

#E18F42 #44E142 #4294E1 #DF42E1

square

#E18F42 #44E142 #4294E1 #DF42E1

split-complementary

#E18F42 #42E1DF #4244E1

monochromatic

#925217 #C6701F #E18F42 #E9AE77 #F2CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E18F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E18F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E18F42

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E18F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E18F42	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F57D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e18f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b07a',
    500: '#e18f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e18f42;
$custom-light: #f0b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e18f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.057,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72077,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E18F42

secondary

#9FC0E0

accent

#97EF38

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E18F42

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