#E28B40#E28B40

#E28B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28B40
RGB	rgb(226, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 27.01, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 59.04, 62.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0726 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.138 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5254, 35.0083, 9.4199)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28B40 #4097E2

analogous

#E24046 #E28B40 #E2DC40

triadic

#E28B40 #40E28B #8B40E2

tetradic

#E28B40 #46E240 #4097E2 #DC40E2

square

#E28B40 #46E240 #4097E2 #DC40E2

split-complementary

#E28B40 #40E2DC #4046E2

monochromatic

#924F16 #C76C1E #E28B40 #EAAB75 #F2CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#E28B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#E28B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28B40

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28B40	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad78',
    500: '#e28b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28b40;
$custom-light: #f1ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.778,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71477,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28B40

secondary

#9EC1E0

accent

#9BF038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28B40

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

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