#E28231#E28231

#E28231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.149 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28231
RGB	rgb(226, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 31.12, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 64.94, 61.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0827 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.149 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9046, 32.3602, 7.0498)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28231 #3191E2

analogous

#E23139 #E28231 #E2DB31

triadic

#E28231 #31E282 #8231E2

tetradic

#E28231 #39E231 #3191E2 #DB31E2

square

#E28231 #39E231 #3191E2 #DB31E2

split-complementary

#E28231 #31E2DB #3139E2

monochromatic

#864713 #BB641A #E28231 #EAA367 #F1C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#E28231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#E28231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28231

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28231	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F76D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.149 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a76f',
    500: '#e28231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28231;
$custom-light: #f2a76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.458,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69806,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28231

secondary

#92BBDD

accent

#9CF236

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF4EC

border

#D7CEC7

text

#180F08

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28231

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

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