#E26D42#E26D42

#E26D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.157 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26D42
RGB	rgb(226, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 42.59, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 61.74, 46.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.12 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.157 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8196, 27.5041, 8.4704)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26D42 #42B7E2

analogous

#E24267 #E26D42 #E2BD42

triadic

#E26D42 #42E26D #6D42E2

tetradic

#E26D42 #67E242 #42B7E2 #BD42E2

square

#E26D42 #67E242 #42B7E2 #BD42E2

split-complementary

#E26D42 #42E2BD #4267E2

monochromatic

#933817 #C84C1F #E26D42 #EA9677 #F2BFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E26D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E26D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26D42

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26D42	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F75563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.157 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29978',
    500: '#e26d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26d42;
$custom-light: #f29978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66635,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26D42

secondary

#9FCFE0

accent

#BFF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26D42

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

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