#E36C41#E36C41

#E36C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.159 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36C41
RGB	rgb(227, 108, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 71.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 43.42, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 62.66, 46.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.1223 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.159 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9989, 27.4424, 8.2959)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36C41 #41B8E3

analogous

#E34167 #E36C41 #E3BD41

triadic

#E36C41 #41E36C #6C41E3

tetradic

#E36C41 #67E341 #41B8E3 #BD41E3

square

#E36C41 #67E341 #41B8E3 #BD41E3

split-complementary

#E36C41 #41E3BD #4167E3

monochromatic

#943716 #C94B1E #E36C41 #EB9576 #F3BFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E36C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E36C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36C41

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36C41	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 108, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.159 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39977',
    500: '#e36c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36c41;
$custom-light: #f39977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.926,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66618,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36C41

secondary

#9FCFE1

accent

#C0F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36C41

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

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