#E27231#E27231

#E27231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.159 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27231
RGB	rgb(226, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(22, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(22, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.6%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 39.37, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 66.64, 53.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.1075 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.159 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9394, 28.4298, 6.3947)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27231 #31A1E2

analogous

#E23149 #E27231 #E2CB31

triadic

#E27231 #31E272 #7231E2

tetradic

#E27231 #49E231 #31A1E2 #CB31E2

square

#E27231 #49E231 #31A1E2 #CB31E2

split-complementary

#E27231 #31E2CB #3149E2

monochromatic

#863D13 #BB561A #E27231 #EA9767 #F1BB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E27231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#E27231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E27231

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27231	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.159 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39c6e',
    500: '#e27231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27231;
$custom-light: #f39c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.034,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67224,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27231

secondary

#92C1DD

accent

#ADF236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27231

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

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