#E08940#E08940

#E08940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E08940
RGB	rgb(224, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 27.24, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 58.42, 62.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0734 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.137 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6148, 34.1129, 9.2950)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E08940 #4097E0

analogous

#E04047 #E08940 #E0D940

triadic

#E08940 #40E089 #8940E0

tetradic

#E08940 #47E040 #4097E0 #D940E0

square

#E08940 #47E040 #4097E0 #D940E0

split-complementary

#E08940 #40E0D9 #4047E0

monochromatic

#8E4E17 #C36A20 #E08940 #E9AA75 #F1CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E08940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#E08940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E08940

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E08940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E08940	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F47679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e08940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efac78',
    500: '#e08940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e08940;
$custom-light: #efac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e08940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.375,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E08940

secondary

#9DC1DF

accent

#9CEF39

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E08940

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →