#E36238#E36238

#E36238 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.171 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36238
RGB	rgb(227, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 47.83, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 67.50, 44.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.1343 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.171 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7638, 25.3567, 6.6990)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36238 #38B9E3

analogous

#E33863 #E36238 #E3B738

triadic

#E36238 #38E362 #6238E3

tetradic

#E36238 #63E338 #38B9E3 #B738E3

square

#E36238 #63E338 #38B9E3 #B738E3

split-complementary

#E36238 #38E3B7 #3863E3

monochromatic

#8D3214 #C2441B #E36238 #EB8C6E #F2B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E36238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E36238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36238

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36238	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)

#867833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.171 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49271',
    500: '#e36238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36238;
$custom-light: #f49271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.737,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.651,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36238

secondary

#98CEDF

accent

#C4F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36238

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

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