#E26C31#E26C31

#E26C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.163 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26C31
RGB	rgb(226, 108, 49)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 42.37, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 67.55, 51.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.1165 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.163 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2847, 27.1204, 6.1765)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26C31 #31A7E2

analogous

#E2314F #E26C31 #E2C531

triadic

#E26C31 #31E26C #6C31E2

tetradic

#E26C31 #4FE231 #31A7E2 #C531E2

square

#E26C31 #4FE231 #31A7E2 #C531E2

split-complementary

#E26C31 #31E2C5 #314FE2

monochromatic

#863913 #BB501A #E26C31 #EA9267 #F1B99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#E26C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#E26C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26C31

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26C31	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 108, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.163 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3986d',
    500: '#e26c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26c31;
$custom-light: #f3986d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66316,
    "c": 0.16332,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26C31

secondary

#92C4DD

accent

#B3F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26C31

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

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