#E26D31#E26D31

#E26D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.163 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26D31
RGB	rgb(226, 109, 49)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 41.88, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 67.39, 51.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.115 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.163 45)
XYZ	xyz(37.3908, 27.3325, 6.2119)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26D31 #31A6E2

analogous

#E2314E #E26D31 #E2C631

triadic

#E26D31 #31E26D #6D31E2

tetradic

#E26D31 #4EE231 #31A6E2 #C631E2

square

#E26D31 #4EE231 #31A6E2 #C631E2

split-complementary

#E26D31 #31E2C6 #314EE2

monochromatic

#863A13 #BB511A #E26D31 #EA9367 #F1B99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E26D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E26D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26D31

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26D31	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 109, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.163 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3996d',
    500: '#e26d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26d31;
$custom-light: #f3996d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.27328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26D31

secondary

#92C4DD

accent

#B2F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26D31

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

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