#E56C41#E56C41

#E56C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.161 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56C41
RGB	rgb(229, 108, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 44.17, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 63.48, 45.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.1244 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.161 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6335, 27.7697, 8.3257)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56C41 #41BAE5

analogous

#E54168 #E56C41 #E5BE41

triadic

#E56C41 #41E56C #6C41E5

tetradic

#E56C41 #68E541 #41BAE5 #BE41E5

square

#E56C41 #68E541 #41BAE5 #BE41E5

split-complementary

#E56C41 #41E5BE #4168E5

monochromatic

#973715 #CD4A1C #E56C41 #EC9677 #F4BFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E56C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#E56C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56C41

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56C41	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 108, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.161 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49977',
    500: '#e56c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56c41;
$custom-light: #f49977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.732,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66904,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56C41

secondary

#A0D1E2

accent

#C1F335

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56C41

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

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