#E36236#E36236

#E36236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36236
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 76%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 76.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 47.75, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 68.14, 45.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.1337 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.171 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7159, 25.3375, 6.4466)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36236 #36B7E3

analogous

#E33661 #E36236 #E3B836

triadic

#E36236 #36E362 #6236E3

tetradic

#E36236 #61E336 #36B7E3 #B836E3

square

#E36236 #61E336 #36B7E3 #B836E3

split-complementary

#E36236 #36E3B8 #3661E3

monochromatic

#8B3213 #C1451B #E36236 #EA8C6C #F2B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E36236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E36236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36236

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36236	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49270',
    500: '#e36236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36236;
$custom-light: #f49270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.26,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36236

secondary

#96CCDF

accent

#C2F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190D07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36236

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

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