#E57C50#E57C50

#E57C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.143 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E57C50
RGB	rgb(229, 124, 80)
HSL	hsl(18, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 36.94, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 55.67, 48.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.1048 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.143 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9722, 31.6571, 11.5406)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E57C50 #50B9E5

analogous

#E5506E #E57C50 #E5C650

triadic

#E57C50 #50E57C #7C50E5

tetradic

#E57C50 #6EE550 #50B9E5 #C650E5

square

#E57C50 #6EE550 #50B9E5 #C650E5

split-complementary

#E57C50 #50E5C6 #506EE5

monochromatic

#A24118 #D85620 #E57C50 #EDA485 #F5CCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E57C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#E57C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E57C50

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E57C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E57C50	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA6872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e57c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 124, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.143 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a382',
    500: '#e57c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e57c50;
$custom-light: #f3a382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e57c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.718,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69538,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E57C50

secondary

#ACD4E5

accent

#9BD60F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E57C50

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

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