HEX atlas value

#E56E2E

#E56E2E is a warm orange HEX color nearest Fire Opal. RGB 229, 110, 46, HSL 21° 78% 54%, luminance 0.2801; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#E56E2E Sample readable text

HEX #E56E2E

RGB rgb(229, 110, 46)

HSL hsl(21 78% 54%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 52, 80, 10)

Luminance 0.2801

Contrast Black 6.6:1White 3.18:1

CSS

--color-e56e2e: #E56E2E;
.background-e56e2e { background-color: #E56E2E; }
.text-e56e2e { color: #E56E2E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E56E2E

#E56E2E is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #E56E2E is visually closest to Fire Opal, a named orange color with HEX #E95C20.

The RGB channels are 229, 110, and 46, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 21deg with 78% saturation and 54% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.2801, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.15, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.6:1AA Pass

White text3.18:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E56E2E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.6:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.18:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E5CA2E#E5CA2E · #000000 text · best 12.82:1 #EFA780#EFA780 · #000000 text · best 10.51:1 Cadmium Orange#ED872D · #000000 text · best 8.1:1 #2EA5E5#2EA5E5 · #000000 text · best 7.63:1 #FF6714#FF6714 · #000000 text · best 7.2:1

Generated Palette

#E56E2E#E56E2E

#2EA5E5#2EA5E5

#E52E4A#E52E4A

#E5CA2E#E5CA2E

#EFA780#EFA780

#A34614#A34614

Color Harmonies

#2EA5E5#2EA5E5

#E52E4A#E52E4A

#E5CA2E#E5CA2E

#2EE56E#2EE56E

#6E2EE5#6E2EE5

Variants

#EFA780#EFA780

#A34614#A34614

#FF6714#FF6714

#CB7648#CB7648

#EBBFA8#EBBFA8

#FF813D#FF813D

Nearest Named Colors

Fire Opal#E95C20

Chocolate#D2691E

Cinnamon#D2691E

Cadmium Orange#ED872D

Ochre#CC7722

Luminance0.2801

Black text6.6:1AA Pass

White text3.18:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E56E2E","rgb":[229,110,46],"hsl":[21,78,54],"cmyk":[0,52,80,10],"luminance":0.2801,"contrast":{"black":6.6,"white":3.18}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.6,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.18,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E5CA2E","hex":"#E5CA2E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.82,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#EFA780","hex":"#EFA780","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.51,"contrastWhite":2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Cadmium Orange","hex":"#ED872D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.1,"contrastWhite":2.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#2EA5E5","hex":"#2EA5E5","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.63,"contrastWhite":2.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#FF6714","hex":"#FF6714","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.2,"contrastWhite":2.92,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Fire Opal adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e56e2e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fire-opal.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/chocolate.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cinnamon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#2EA5E5","analogous":["#E52E4A","#E5CA2E"],"triadic":["#2EE56E","#6E2EE5"],"tetradic":["#4AE52E","#2EA5E5","#CA2EE5"],"splitComplementary":["#2EE5CA","#2E4AE5"],"monochromatic":["#EFA780","#E56E2E","#A34614"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EFA780","dark":"#A34614","saturated":"#FF6714","desaturated":"#CB7648","pastel":"#EBBFA8","neon":"#FF813D"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"fire-opal","name":"Fire Opal","hex":"#E95C20","distance":23.15167380558045},{"slug":"chocolate","name":"Chocolate","hex":"#D2691E","distance":25.337718918639855},{"slug":"cinnamon","name":"Cinnamon","hex":"#D2691E","distance":25.337718918639855},{"slug":"cadmium-orange","name":"Cadmium Orange","hex":"#ED872D","distance":26.267851073127396},{"slug":"ochre","name":"Ochre","hex":"#CC7722","distance":29.154759474226502}]

#E56E2E

CSS

About #E56E2E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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