#E36638#E36638

#E36638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.167 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36638
RGB	rgb(227, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 45.94, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 66.73, 46.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.1285 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.167 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1475, 26.1240, 6.8269)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36638 #38B5E3

analogous

#E33860 #E36638 #E3BB38

triadic

#E36638 #38E366 #6638E3

tetradic

#E36638 #60E338 #38B5E3 #BB38E3

square

#E36638 #60E338 #38B5E3 #BB38E3

split-complementary

#E36638 #38E3BB #3860E3

monochromatic

#8D3414 #C2481B #E36638 #EB8F6E #F2B8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E36638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#E36638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36638

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36638	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.167 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49571',
    500: '#e36638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36638;
$custom-light: #f49571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.14,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65656,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36638

secondary

#98CCDF

accent

#BFF236

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36638

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

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