Flame `#E25822`

Flame (#E25822) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 39°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.183. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#E25822`
RGB	`rgb(226, 88, 34)`
HSL	`hsl(17, 77%, 51%)`
HSV	`hsv(17, 85%, 89%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 61%, 85%, 11%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55.3 51.3 55.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.634 0.183 39)`

How Flame behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Flame is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #e3531b — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e6571f — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e25822 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #e35923 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Flame in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.72:1 and against black 5.65:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Flame

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffd9cd · #ff9e7d · #e25822 · #be3e00 · #852900 · #521500

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#e79e36 · #e77d1b · #e25822 · #c94446 · #ad3557 · #8d2b60

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#bea763 · #e25822 · #b44417 · #634e00 · #621b00 · #271d00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00d4ff · #e25822 · #866052 · #78351d · #531903 · #2b0700

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e0f6fe · #bb9f95 · #e25822 · #637378 · #41261d · #000408

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd3 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #e25822

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#def7ff · #00b8de · #e25822 · #007d97 · #003541 · #240300

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#def7ff · #00bfb7 · #e25822 · #0073c4 · #003734 · #000515

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d3fee5 · #39c184 · #e25822 · #5f5cd7 · #261579 · #000401

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e6fad3 · #88b74c · #e25822 · #007d97 · #450067 · #000408

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#ED7348 · #F68C67 · #FFA485 · #FFBFAA · #FFD9CC

Shades

#BF430B · #9B3100 · #762300 · #531500 · #330800

Muted

#D26742 · #C17359 · #AE7D6C

Using Flame

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.