#E97C50#E97C50

#E97C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.147 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E97C50
RGB	rgb(233, 124, 80)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 38.49, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 57.30, 47.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.1092 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.147 42)
XYZ	xyz(42.2635, 32.3229, 11.6011)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E97C50 #50BDE9

analogous

#E95071 #E97C50 #E9C950

triadic

#E97C50 #50E97C #7C50E9

tetradic

#E97C50 #71E950 #50BDE9 #C950E9

square

#E97C50 #71E950 #50BDE9 #C950E9

split-complementary

#E97C50 #50E9C9 #5071E9

monochromatic

#A94015 #E0541C #E97C50 #F0A586 #F7CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#E97C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#E97C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E97C50

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E97C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E97C50	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE6772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e97c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 124, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.147 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a382',
    500: '#e97c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e97c50;
$custom-light: #f6a382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e97c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.255,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70072,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.32318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E97C50

secondary

#AED7E7

accent

#9FDA0C

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E97C50

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

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