#E26539#E26539

#E26539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.167 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26539
RGB	rgb(226, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 46.08, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 66.19, 45.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1292 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.167 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7600, 25.7763, 6.9097)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26539 #39B6E2

analogous

#E23962 #E26539 #E2B939

triadic

#E26539 #39E265 #6539E2

tetradic

#E26539 #62E239 #39B6E2 #B939E2

square

#E26539 #62E239 #39B6E2 #B939E2

split-complementary

#E26539 #39E2B9 #3962E2

monochromatic

#8C3415 #C1471C #E26539 #EA8F6E #F2B8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E26539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E26539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26539

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26539	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.167 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39472',
    500: '#e26539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26539;
$custom-light: #f39472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.621,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65378,
    "c": 0.16674,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26539

secondary

#98CCDF

accent

#C1F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26539

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

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