#E28D40#E28D40

#E28D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28D40
RGB	rgb(226, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 25.94, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 58.99, 63.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0694 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.137 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8177, 35.5928, 9.5173)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28D40 #4095E2

analogous

#E24044 #E28D40 #E2DE40

triadic

#E28D40 #40E28D #8D40E2

tetradic

#E28D40 #44E240 #4095E2 #DE40E2

square

#E28D40 #44E240 #4095E2 #DE40E2

split-complementary

#E28D40 #40E2DE #4044E2

monochromatic

#925116 #C76E1E #E28D40 #EAAD75 #F2CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E28D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E28D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28D40

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28D40	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)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae79',
    500: '#e28d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28d40;
$custom-light: #f1ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.519,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28D40

secondary

#9EC1E0

accent

#98F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28D40

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

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