#E27E56#E27E56

#E27E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.135 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27E56
RGB	rgb(226, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 35.11, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 52.10, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.1005 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.135 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5078, 31.7667, 12.8006)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27E56 #56BAE2

analogous

#E25674 #E27E56 #E2C456

triadic

#E27E56 #56E27E #7E56E2

tetradic

#E27E56 #74E256 #56BAE2 #C456E2

square

#E27E56 #74E256 #56BAE2 #C456E2

split-complementary

#E27E56 #56E2C4 #5674E2

monochromatic

#A2421C #D65725 #E27E56 #EBA68A #F4CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E27E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#E27E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E27E56

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27E56	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)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.135 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a486',
    500: '#e27e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27e56;
$custom-light: #f0a486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69549,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27E56

secondary

#B0D5E4

accent

#9CD313

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27E56

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

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