#E2742E#E2742E

#E2742E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.158 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2742E
RGB	rgb(226, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 79.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 38.26, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 67.36, 55.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.1037 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.158 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1063, 28.8614, 6.1484)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2742E #2E9CE2

analogous

#E22E42 #E2742E #E2CE2E

triadic

#E2742E #2EE274 #742EE2

tetradic

#E2742E #42E22E #2E9CE2 #CE2EE2

square

#E2742E #42E22E #2E9CE2 #CE2EE2

split-complementary

#E2742E #2EE2CE #2E42E2

monochromatic

#833E12 #B9581A #E2742E #E99864 #F1BB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#E2742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#E2742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2742E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2742E	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.158 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39d6c',
    500: '#e2742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2742e;
$custom-light: #f39d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.333,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67511,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2742E

secondary

#8FBEDD

accent

#A9F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2742E

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

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