#E27E55#E27E55

#E27E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27E55
RGB	rgb(226, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 35.04, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 52.44, 48.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.1001 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.136 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4678, 31.7507, 12.5899)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27E55 #55B9E2

analogous

#E25572 #E27E55 #E2C455

triadic

#E27E55 #55E27E #7E55E2

tetradic

#E27E55 #72E255 #55B9E2 #C455E2

square

#E27E55 #72E255 #55B9E2 #C455E2

split-complementary

#E27E55 #55E2C4 #5572E2

monochromatic

#A1421B #D55824 #E27E55 #EBA689 #F4CDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E27E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#E27E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E27E55

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27E55	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a486',
    500: '#e27e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27e55;
$custom-light: #f0a486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.447,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69535,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27E55

secondary

#AFD5E4

accent

#9BD313

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27E55

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

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