#E26E31#E26E31

#E26E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.162 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26E31
RGB	rgb(226, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 41.38, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 67.24, 52.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.1135 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.162 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4981, 27.5471, 6.2476)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26E31 #31A5E2

analogous

#E2314D #E26E31 #E2C731

triadic

#E26E31 #31E26E #6E31E2

tetradic

#E26E31 #4DE231 #31A5E2 #C731E2

square

#E26E31 #4DE231 #31A5E2 #C731E2

split-complementary

#E26E31 #31E2C7 #314DE2

monochromatic

#863A13 #BB521A #E26E31 #EA9467 #F1BA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E26E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#E26E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26E31

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26E31	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.162 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39a6d',
    500: '#e26e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26e31;
$custom-light: #f39a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.678,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66615,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26E31

secondary

#92C3DD

accent

#B1F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26E31

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

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