#E28E40#E28E40

#E28E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E28E40
RGB	rgb(226, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 25.41, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 58.97, 64.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0678 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.137 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9658, 35.8890, 9.5667)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E28E40 #4094E2

analogous

#E24043 #E28E40 #E2DF40

triadic

#E28E40 #40E28E #8E40E2

tetradic

#E28E40 #43E240 #4094E2 #DF40E2

square

#E28E40 #43E240 #4094E2 #DF40E2

split-complementary

#E28E40 #40E2DF #4043E2

monochromatic

#925216 #C76F1E #E28E40 #EAAD75 #F2CDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E28E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#E28E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E28E40

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E28E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E28E40	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e28e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af79',
    500: '#e28e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e28e40;
$custom-light: #f1af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e28e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72003,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E28E40

secondary

#9EC0E0

accent

#97F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E28E40

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

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