#E56E41#E56E41

#E56E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.160 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56E41
RGB	rgb(229, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 43.19, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 63.11, 46.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.1214 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.16 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8469, 28.1964, 8.3968)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56E41 #41B8E5

analogous

#E54166 #E56E41 #E5C041

triadic

#E56E41 #41E56E #6E41E5

tetradic

#E56E41 #66E541 #41B8E5 #C041E5

square

#E56E41 #66E541 #41B8E5 #C041E5

split-complementary

#E56E41 #41E5C0 #4166E5

monochromatic

#973815 #CD4D1C #E56E41 #EC9777 #F4C0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E56E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#E56E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56E41

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56E41	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB5564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.160 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49a77',
    500: '#e56e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56e41;
$custom-light: #f49a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.463,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.15973,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56E41

secondary

#A0D0E2

accent

#BFF335

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56E41

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

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