#E57C56#E57C56

#E57C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.140 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E57C56
RGB	rgb(229, 124, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 37.31, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 53.66, 45.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.107 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.14 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2038, 31.7497, 12.7607)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E57C56 #56BFE5

analogous

#E55678 #E57C56 #E5C456

triadic

#E57C56 #56E57C #7C56E5

tetradic

#E57C56 #78E556 #56BFE5 #C456E5

square

#E57C56 #78E556 #56BFE5 #C456E5

split-complementary

#E57C56 #56E5C4 #5678E5

monochromatic

#A73F1A #DC5322 #E57C56 #EDA58B #F5CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E57C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#E57C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E57C56

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E57C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E57C56	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA6973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e57c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 124, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.140 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3a386',
    500: '#e57c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e57c56;
$custom-light: #f3a386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e57c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.944,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69622,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E57C56

secondary

#B1D8E6

accent

#A1D510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E57C56

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