#E36C44#E36C44

#E36C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.158 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36C44
RGB	rgb(227, 108, 68)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 43.57, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 61.68, 45.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.1233 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.158 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0881, 27.4781, 8.7658)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36C44 #44BBE3

analogous

#E3446C #E36C44 #E3BB44

triadic

#E36C44 #44E36C #6C44E3

tetradic

#E36C44 #6CE344 #44BBE3 #BB44E3

square

#E36C44 #6CE344 #44BBE3 #BB44E3

split-complementary

#E36C44 #44E3BB #446CE3

monochromatic

#963716 #CB4A1E #E36C44 #EB9679 #F3C0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E36C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E36C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36C44

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36C44	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#8C7F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 108, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.158 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39979',
    500: '#e36c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36c44;
$custom-light: #f39979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.094,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66653,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36C44

secondary

#A2D1E1

accent

#C2F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36C44

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

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