#E26C3C#E26C3C

#E26C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.160 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26C3C
RGB	rgb(226, 108, 60)
HSL	hsl(17, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 73.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 42.81, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 63.91, 47.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.1197 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.16 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5459, 27.2248, 7.5519)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26C3C #3CB2E2

analogous

#E23C5F #E26C3C #E2BF3C

triadic

#E26C3C #3CE26C #6C3CE2

tetradic

#E26C3C #5FE23C #3CB2E2 #BF3CE2

square

#E26C3C #5FE23C #3CB2E2 #BF3CE2

split-complementary

#E26C3C #3CE2BF #3C5FE2

monochromatic

#8E3815 #C44D1D #E26C3C #EA9471 #F2BCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E26C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E26C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26C3C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26C3C	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 108, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.160 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29874',
    500: '#e26c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26c3c;
$custom-light: #f29874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.349,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6642,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26C3C

secondary

#9BCBDF

accent

#BBF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26C3C

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

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