#E36C42#E36C42

#E36C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.159 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36C42
RGB	rgb(227, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 43.47, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 62.33, 45.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.1226 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.159 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0281, 27.4541, 8.4498)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36C42 #42B9E3

analogous

#E34269 #E36C42 #E3BC42

triadic

#E36C42 #42E36C #6C42E3

tetradic

#E36C42 #69E342 #42B9E3 #BC42E3

square

#E36C42 #69E342 #42B9E3 #BC42E3

split-complementary

#E36C42 #42E3BC #4269E3

monochromatic

#953716 #CA4B1E #E36C42 #EB9577 #F3BFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E36C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E36C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36C42

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36C42	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)

#8C7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.159 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39978',
    500: '#e36c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36c42;
$custom-light: #f39978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6663,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36C42

secondary

#A0D0E1

accent

#C0F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36C42

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

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