#E28342

A medium, vivid orange closely aligning with Peru.

About #E28342

The precise color #E28342 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Peru. Its digital footprint relies on 226 parts red, 131 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 42% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 24.4° hue, 73.4% saturation, and 57.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E28342
RGB226, 131, 66
HSL24.4°, 73.4%, 57.3%
CMYK0%, 42%, 71%, 11%
HSV24.4°, 70.8%, 88.6%
LAB64.0, 31.3, 49.7
XYZ40.5, 32.8, 9.4
Decimal14844738

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.78:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.56:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.66:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.43:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E28342; }
.text-color { color: #E28342; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E28342; }

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