#E57C51#E57C51

#E57C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.142 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E57C51
RGB	rgb(229, 124, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 37.00, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 55.33, 48.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.1052 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.142 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0094, 31.6719, 11.7366)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E57C51 #51BAE5

analogous

#E55170 #E57C51 #E5C651

triadic

#E57C51 #51E57C #7C51E5

tetradic

#E57C51 #70E551 #51BAE5 #C651E5

square

#E57C51 #70E551 #51BAE5 #C651E5

split-complementary

#E57C51 #51E5C6 #5170E5

monochromatic

#A34118 #D85620 #E57C51 #EDA486 #F5CCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E57C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#E57C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E57C51

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E57C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E57C51	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)

#988B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA6872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e57c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 124, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.142 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a383',
    500: '#e57c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e57c51;
$custom-light: #f3a383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e57c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.432,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69552,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E57C51

secondary

#ADD5E5

accent

#9CD60F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E57C51

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

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