#E68C49#E68C49

#E68C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E68C49
RGB	rgb(230, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(26, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 28.58, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 56.94, 59.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0783 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.137 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2172, 36.0645, 10.9872)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E68C49 #49A3E6

analogous

#E64955 #E68C49 #E6DA49

triadic

#E68C49 #49E68C #8C49E6

tetradic

#E68C49 #55E649 #49A3E6 #DA49E6

square

#E68C49 #55E649 #49A3E6 #DA49E6

split-complementary

#E68C49 #49E6DA #4955E6

monochromatic

#9F5016 #D56B1D #E68C49 #EDAE7F #F5D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E68C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E68C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E68C49

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E68C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E68C49	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e68c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ae7e',
    500: '#e68c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e68c49;
$custom-light: #f3ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e68c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.605,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E68C49

secondary

#A7CAE4

accent

#A2F235

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E68C49

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

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