#E2791B#E2791B

#E2791B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.161 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2791B
RGB	rgb(226, 121, 27)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 88%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 88.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 35.19, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 72.31, 60.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0923 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.161 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4030, 29.9272, 4.7909)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2791B #1B84E2

analogous

#E21B20 #E2791B #E2DD1B

triadic

#E2791B #1BE279 #791BE2

tetradic

#E2791B #20E21B #1B84E2 #DD1BE2

square

#E2791B #20E21B #1B84E2 #DD1BE2

split-complementary

#E2791B #1BE2DD #1B20E2

monochromatic

#753E0E #AB5C14 #E2791B #EA9950 #F1B987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#E2791B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#E2791B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2791B

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2791B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2791B	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F86168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2791b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 121, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.161 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a163',
    500: '#e2791b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2791b;
$custom-light: #f3a163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2791b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.342,
    "s": 78.656,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68193,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2791B

secondary

#7FAFDA

accent

#99F533

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EB

border

#D7CCC6

text

#190F06

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2791B

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

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