#E28C15#E28C15

#E28C15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.154 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28C15
RGB	rgb(226, 140, 21)
HSL	hsl(35, 83%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 91%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 90.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 25.12, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 72.36, 69.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0621 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.154 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8811, 34.9833, 5.3088)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28C15 #156BE2

analogous

#E22515 #E28C15 #D1E215

triadic

#E28C15 #15E28C #8C15E2

tetradic

#E28C15 #15E225 #156BE2 #E215D1

square

#E28C15 #15E225 #156BE2 #E215D1

split-complementary

#E28C15 #15D1E2 #2515E2

monochromatic

#72470B #AA6910 #E28C15 #EEA846 #F3C27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E28C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#E28C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28C15

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28C15	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 140, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.154 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ad63',
    500: '#e28c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28c15;
$custom-light: #f2ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.829,
    "s": 82.996,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28C15

secondary

#78A1DB

accent

#84F92E

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF4EB

border

#D7CEC6

text

#181006

muted

#867F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28C15

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

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