#E36940#E36940

#E36940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.162 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36940
RGB	rgb(227, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 44.84, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 63.56, 45.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.1265 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.162 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6592, 26.8090, 8.0410)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36940 #40BAE3

analogous

#E34069 #E36940 #E3BB40

triadic

#E36940 #40E369 #6940E3

tetradic

#E36940 #69E340 #40BAE3 #BB40E3

square

#E36940 #69E340 #40BAE3 #BB40E3

split-complementary

#E36940 #40E3BB #4069E3

monochromatic

#933516 #C8481D #E36940 #EB9375 #F3BDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E36940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E36940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36940

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36940	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.162 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39777',
    500: '#e36940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36940;
$custom-light: #f39777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.092,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6617,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36940

secondary

#9ED0E1

accent

#C2F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36940

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

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