#E27E40#E27E40

#E27E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.145 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27E40
RGB	rgb(226, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 33.85, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 59.94, 55.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0931 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.145 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7538, 31.4650, 8.8293)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27E40 #40A4E2

analogous

#E24053 #E27E40 #E2CF40

triadic

#E27E40 #40E27E #7E40E2

tetradic

#E27E40 #53E240 #40A4E2 #CF40E2

square

#E27E40 #53E240 #40A4E2 #CF40E2

split-complementary

#E27E40 #40E2CF #4053E2

monochromatic

#924516 #C75F1E #E27E40 #EAA275 #F2C6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#E27E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#E27E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E27E40

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27E40	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F76970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.145 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1a478',
    500: '#e27e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27e40;
$custom-light: #f1a478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.963,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69275,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27E40

secondary

#9EC7E0

accent

#AAF038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#180F09

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27E40

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

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