#E27945Jaffa (#E27945) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 46°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.146. 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.
| HEX | #E27945 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 121, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(20, 73%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(20, 69%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 46%, 69%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(61.9 36.7 45.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.685 0.146 46) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Jaffa shifts subtly: drifts toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#e4743e — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward red#e67942 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#e27945 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#e37a47 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Jaffa in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.98:1 and against black 7.05:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
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.
#ffeee6 · #ffb594 · #e27945 · #bd5e2c · #903c06 · #5f2300
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.
#e8b666 · #e7984e · #e27945 · #cc6456 · #b35360 · #974565
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.
#c6ba84 · #e27945 · #b76137 · #6f5f00 · #712b00 · #322a00
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.
#ffd6c3 · #d5b4a5 · #e27945 · #0085aa · #7b4c36 · #523325
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f5fc · #e27945 · #8e7a71 · #434e53 · #2d1910 · #000204
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.
#e7f4fa · #becdd4 · #92a3aa · #172d36 · #000b13 · #e27945
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dce0bb · #cea581 · #e27945 · #25769b · #344465 · #070c29
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b6e3d5 · #89baba · #e27945 · #426da6 · #3b4162 · #21050b
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d7fceb · #e27945 · #1c946e · #483997 · #1f0855 · #000301
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5f9dc · #e27945 · #5e8e44 · #00556d · #330044 · #00050b
#EB8D61 · #F3A07A · #FAB493 · #FFC8AF · #FFDDCE
#BE6030 · #9B481B · #793003 · #551E00 · #330E00
#D4825B · #C6896E · #B7907F
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.