#E26F31#E26F31

#E26F31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.161 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26F31
RGB	rgb(226, 111, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 40.88, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 67.08, 52.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.112 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.161 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6066, 27.7641, 6.2838)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26F31 #31A4E2

analogous

#E2314C #E26F31 #E2C831

triadic

#E26F31 #31E26F #6F31E2

tetradic

#E26F31 #4CE231 #31A4E2 #C831E2

square

#E26F31 #4CE231 #31A4E2 #C831E2

split-complementary

#E26F31 #31E2C8 #314CE2

monochromatic

#863B13 #BB531A #E26F31 #EA9567 #F1BA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E26F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E26F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26F31

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26F31	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 111, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.161 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39a6d',
    500: '#e26f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26f31;
$custom-light: #f39a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.017,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66766,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26F31

secondary

#92C3DD

accent

#B0F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26F31

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

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