#E28C56#E28C56

#E28C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28C56
RGB	rgb(226, 140, 86)
HSL	hsl(23, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 27.75, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 50.48, 56.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0781 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.126 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4249, 35.6009, 13.4396)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28C56 #56ACE2

analogous

#E25666 #E28C56 #E2D256

triadic

#E28C56 #56E28C #8C56E2

tetradic

#E28C56 #66E256 #56ACE2 #D256E2

square

#E28C56 #66E256 #56ACE2 #D256E2

split-complementary

#E28C56 #56E2D2 #5666E2

monochromatic

#A24F1C #D66925 #E28C56 #EBB08A #F4D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E28C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E28C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28C56

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28C56	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 140, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ae87',
    500: '#e28c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28c56;
$custom-light: #f0ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28C56

secondary

#B0D0E4

accent

#89D313

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28C56

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

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