#E28D42#E28D42

#E28D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28D42
RGB	rgb(226, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 26.04, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 58.22, 63.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.07 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.136 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8756, 35.6160, 9.8224)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28D42 #4297E2

analogous

#E24247 #E28D42 #E2DD42

triadic

#E28D42 #42E28D #8D42E2

tetradic

#E28D42 #47E242 #4297E2 #DD42E2

square

#E28D42 #47E242 #4297E2 #DD42E2

split-complementary

#E28D42 #42E2DD #4247E2

monochromatic

#935117 #C86E1F #E28D42 #EAAD77 #F2CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E28D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E28D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28D42

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28D42	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)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae7a',
    500: '#e28d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28d42;
$custom-light: #f1ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71846,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28D42

secondary

#9FC2E0

accent

#9AF038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28D42

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

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