#E28C3B#E28C3B

#E28C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.140 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28C3B
RGB	rgb(226, 140, 59)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 26.24, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 60.90, 64.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0696 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.14 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5349, 35.2449, 8.7524)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28C3B #3B91E2

analogous

#E23B3D #E28C3B #E2E03B

triadic

#E28C3B #3BE28C #8C3BE2

tetradic

#E28C3B #3DE23B #3B91E2 #E03BE2

square

#E28C3B #3DE23B #3B91E2 #E03BE2

split-complementary

#E28C3B #3BE2E0 #3B3DE2

monochromatic

#8E4F15 #C36D1D #E28C3B #EAAB70 #F2CBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#E28C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#E28C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28C3B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28C3B	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 140, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.140 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae75',
    500: '#e28c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28c3b;
$custom-light: #f1ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.102,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28C3B

secondary

#9ABDDF

accent

#97F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28C3B

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