#E27242#E27242

#E27242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.153 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27242
RGB	rgb(226, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.6%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 40.10, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 60.86, 48.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.1124 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.153 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3683, 28.6013, 8.6533)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27242 #42B2E2

analogous

#E24262 #E27242 #E2C242

triadic

#E27242 #42E272 #7242E2

tetradic

#E27242 #62E242 #42B2E2 #C242E2

square

#E27242 #62E242 #42B2E2 #C242E2

split-complementary

#E27242 #42E2C2 #4262E2

monochromatic

#933C17 #C8521F #E27242 #EA9A77 #F2C1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#E27242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#E27242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E27242

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27242	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F75B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.153 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29c78',
    500: '#e27242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27242;
$custom-light: #f29c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6739,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27242

secondary

#9FCDE0

accent

#B9F038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27242

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

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