#E27D21

sRGB · 226 / 125 / 33

#E27D21 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 226 red, 125 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 28.6° lands in the orange region. Its 76.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 226, 125, 33
HSL: 28.60°, 76.89%, 50.78%
HSV / HSB: 28.60°, 85.40%, 88.63%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 44.69%, 85.40%, 11.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.971, 30.948, 5.360
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 62.464, 33.250, 61.988
WCAG relative luminance: 0.30946
24-bit decimal: 14843169

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #E27D21 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.92:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#2186E2 sits half a turn (180°) from #E27D21 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#E27D21 #2186E2

Analogous

#E22126 and #E2DD21 sit 30° to either side of #E27D21. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#E22126 #E27D21 #E2DD21

Triadic

#E27D21, #21E27D and #7D21E2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E27D21 #21E27D #7D21E2

Split complementary

Start at #E27D21 and look across the wheel. #21E2DE and #2125E2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E27D21 #21E2DE #2125E2

Square

Starting with #E27D21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #26E221, #2186E2, then #DE21E2. Across the square, #E27D21 pairs with #2186E2, and #26E221 with #DE21E2.

#E27D21 #26E221 #2186E2 #DE21E2

Tetradic

#E27D21 and #2186E2 are opposites, as are #86E221 and #7D21E2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E27D21 #86E221 #2186E2 #7D21E2

Tints

Mixing #E27D21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E8974D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9E5D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#E27D21 #E8974D #EEB17A #F3CBA6 #F9E5D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E27D21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B5641A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D1907, the mixture is 80% black.

#E27D21 #B5641A #884B14 #5A320D #2D1907 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E27D21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CE7E34, keeps 80% of the original. By #947F6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E27D21 #CE7E34 #BB7E47 #A77F5A #947F6D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#E27D21

RGB

rgb(226 125 33)

HSL

hsl(28.601 76.892% 50.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E27D21;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E27D21 uses 226 red, 125 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 88.6%

Green 49.0%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E27D21 is 0.0% cyan, 44.7% magenta, 85.4% yellow and 11.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 44.7%

Yellow 85.4%

Black 11.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD7722. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D72 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E27D21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6633, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DD7722 Nearest web-safe · #CC6633

Gradient to complement

#E27D21 #C27F41 #A28061 #828282 #6183A2 #4185C2 #2186E2

Color vision previews

Compare how #E27D21 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9B890A

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B3A020

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F8666C

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B98813

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C2951D

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E47949

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#979797

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C18B70

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.76052 G 0.20508 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.83335 G 0.51011 B 0.22571

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.66191 G 0.22352 B 0.04169

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.518 y 0.411 Y 30.948

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 11.373 M % 50.980 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11100010 01111101 00100001