Lava Pit `#E46F34`

Lava Pit (#E46F34) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 45°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.162. 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	`#E46F34`
RGB	`rgb(228, 111, 52)`
HSL	`hsl(20, 77%, 55%)`
HSV	`hsv(20, 77%, 89%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 51%, 77%, 11%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60 41.8 52.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.671 0.162 45)`

How Lava Pit behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lava Pit is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #e66a2d — ΔE 1.0, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e86f31 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e46f34 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #e57035 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Lava Pit 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 3.17:1 and against black 6.62:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Lava Pit

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.

#ffeae0 · #ffb18e · #e46f34 · #c1551a · #8f3800 · #5c2000

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.

#e8af54 · #e8903b · #e46f34 · #ce5a4c · #b3495b · #963d62

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.

#c3b578 · #e46f34 · #b85828 · #6b5a00 · #6c2800 · #2f2600

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.

#01cbff · #e46f34 · #8e6c5d · #7e4429 · #59280f · #321304

Quiet Support

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

#e3f5fd · #e46f34 · #8c756b · #404c51 · #2d170e · #000204

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.

#e7f4fa · #beced4 · #92a3aa · #172d36 · #000b13 · #e46f34

Complementary

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

#dbdab4 · #cb9faf · #e46f34 · #1e7475 · #344354 · #08140f

Split-complementary

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

#c6ddbc · #8eaddb · #e46f34 · #436f70 · #37424f · #160e03

Triadic

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

#d5fdea · #e46f34 · #009168 · #45339b · #1e005a · #000301

Tetradic

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

#e4fad9 · #e46f34 · #578b35 · #005269 · #310043 · #00050b

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#ED8554 · #F59A71 · #FDAF8C · #FFC6AC · #FFDCCD

Shades

#C0571F · #9D4005 · #782D00 · #541D00 · #330D00

Muted

#D57A4F · #C68365 · #B58A78

Using Lava Pit

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.