#E27E59#E27E59

#E27E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.134 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27E59
RGB	rgb(226, 126, 89)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(16, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 35.32, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 51.10, 46.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.1016 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.134 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6312, 31.8160, 13.4506)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27E59 #59BDE2

analogous

#E25979 #E27E59 #E2C259

triadic

#E27E59 #59E27E #7E59E2

tetradic

#E27E59 #79E259 #59BDE2 #C259E2

square

#E27E59 #79E259 #59BDE2 #C259E2

split-complementary

#E27E59 #59E2C2 #5979E2

monochromatic

#A4411D #D85626 #E27E59 #EBA68D #F4CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#E27E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#E27E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E27E59

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27E59	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 126, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.134 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a488',
    500: '#e27e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27e59;
$custom-light: #f0a488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69594,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27E59

secondary

#B2D7E5

accent

#9FD213

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27E59

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

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