Pumpkin #E17701

About this color

#E17701 is a medium-light, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 68%, its chroma 0.165 and its hue 56°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Pumpkin. Black text reads best on it, at 6.84:1.

Colors that go with Pumpkin

Matches found by rotating Pumpkin around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pumpkin

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pumpkin, closest first.

• Paprika Rack
• Ginger Bazaar
• Paprika Rub
• Turmeric Pantry
• Cumin Rack
• Sorrel Hedgerow
• Maple Harvest
• Pomelo Slice

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pumpkin, with their ΔE distance.

• Dull Orange #D8863B ΔE 0.036
• Peru #CD853F ΔE 0.045
• Dusty Orange #F0833A ΔE 0.045
• Orange Wheel #F77F00 ΔE 0.045
• Chocolate #D2691E ΔE 0.046
• Pumpkin Orange #FB7D07 ΔE 0.051
• Browny Orange #CA6B02 ΔE 0.053
• Dark Peach #DE7E5D ΔE 0.058

More about Pumpkin

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Pumpkin

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts orange
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #DF7A1F, a difference of ΔE 0.009 from Pumpkin. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pumpkin in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pumpkin

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF3ED

   oklch(97% 0.013 53.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FAE5D7

   oklch(93.5% 0.03 56)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F8D0B5

   oklch(88.5% 0.058 55.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F4AF7E

   oklch(80.8% 0.103 56.1)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #E17701

   oklch(67.7% 0.165 56.3)

6. Step 500

   500

   #CD6C00

   oklch(63.1% 0.154 56.4)

7. Step 600

   600

   #AD5A00

   oklch(55.6% 0.136 56.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #924B00

   oklch(49.1% 0.12 56.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #783D00

   oklch(42.7% 0.104 56.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #653200

    oklch(37.7% 0.092 56.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3E1C00

    oklch(27% 0.066 55.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pumpkin with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.