#E36C3B#E36C3B

#E36C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.161 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36C3B
RGB	rgb(227, 108, 59)
HSL	hsl(18, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 74%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 43.15, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 64.65, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.1204 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.161 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8342, 27.3766, 7.4287)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36C3B #3BB2E3

analogous

#E33B5E #E36C3B #E3C03B

triadic

#E36C3B #3BE36C #6C3BE3

tetradic

#E36C3B #5EE33B #3BB2E3 #C03BE3

square

#E36C3B #5EE33B #3BB2E3 #C03BE3

split-complementary

#E36C3B #3BE3C0 #3B5EE3

monochromatic

#8F3814 #C54D1C #E36C3B #EB9471 #F2BCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E36C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E36C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36C3B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36C3B	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 108, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.161 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39973',
    500: '#e36c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36c3b;
$custom-light: #f39973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66553,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36C3B

secondary

#9ACBE0

accent

#BBF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36C3B

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

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