#E36438#E36438

#E36438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.169 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36438
RGB	rgb(227, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 46.89, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 67.11, 45.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1314 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.169 39)
XYZ	xyz(36.9533, 25.7357, 6.7622)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36438 #38B7E3

analogous

#E33861 #E36438 #E3BA38

triadic

#E36438 #38E364 #6438E3

tetradic

#E36438 #61E338 #38B7E3 #BA38E3

square

#E36438 #61E338 #38B7E3 #BA38E3

split-complementary

#E36438 #38E3BA #3861E3

monochromatic

#8D3314 #C2461B #E36438 #EB8E6E #F2B8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E36438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E36438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36438

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36438	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.169 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49471',
    500: '#e36438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36438;
$custom-light: #f49471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.439,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65376,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.25731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36438

secondary

#98CDDF

accent

#C2F236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36438

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

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