#E2955B#E2955B

#E2955B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2955B
RGB	rgb(226, 149, 91)
HSL	hsl(26, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 23.30, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 48.13, 61.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0655 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.119 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0027, 38.4228, 14.9944)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2955B #5BA8E2

analogous

#E25B65 #E2955B #E2D95B

triadic

#E2955B #5BE295 #955BE2

tetradic

#E2955B #65E25B #5BA8E2 #D95BE2

square

#E2955B #65E25B #5BA8E2 #D95BE2

split-complementary

#E2955B #5BE2D9 #5B65E2

monochromatic

#A5581D #D97327 #E2955B #EBB78F #F4D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#E2955B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#E2955B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2955B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2955B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2955B	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2955b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 149, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb48b',
    500: '#e2955b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2955b;
$custom-light: #efb48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2955b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.778,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2955B

secondary

#B4D0E5

accent

#80D214

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2955B

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

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