#E56E44#E56E44

#E56E44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.159 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56E44
RGB	rgb(229, 110, 68)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 43.33, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 62.12, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.1224 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.159 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9361, 28.2321, 8.8667)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56E44 #44BBE5

analogous

#E5446A #E56E44 #E5BE44

triadic

#E56E44 #44E56E #6E44E5

tetradic

#E56E44 #6AE544 #44BBE5 #BE44E5

square

#E56E44 #6AE544 #44BBE5 #BE44E5

split-complementary

#E56E44 #44E5BE #446AE5

monochromatic

#993815 #CF4B1D #E56E44 #EC987A #F4C1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E56E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#E56E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56E44

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56E44	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E813F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB5665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 110, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.159 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49a79',
    500: '#e56e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56e44;
$custom-light: #f49a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67233,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56E44

secondary

#A2D2E2

accent

#C1F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56E44

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

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