#E2972A#E2972A

#E2972A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.146 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2972A
RGB	rgb(226, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 81.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 19.74, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 66.97, 72.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0483 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.146 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8520, 38.4731, 7.3593)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2972A #2A75E2

analogous

#E23B2A #E2972A #D1E22A

triadic

#E2972A #2AE297 #972AE2

tetradic

#E2972A #2AE23B #2A75E2 #E22AD1

square

#E2972A #2AE23B #2A75E2 #E22AD1

split-complementary

#E2972A #2AD1E2 #3B2AE2

monochromatic

#805311 #B67619 #E2972A #E9B160 #F1CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#E2972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#E2972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2972A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2972A	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.146 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b56d',
    500: '#e2972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2972a;
$custom-light: #f1b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.543,
    "s": 76.033,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2972A

secondary

#8CADDC

accent

#82F335

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#181108

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2972A

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

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