#E36C4E#E36C4E
#E36C4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.155 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E36C4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 108, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(12, 73%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(12, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 65.6%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.54, 44.11, 38.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.54, 58.54, 41.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.78% 0.1267 0.0897) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.78% 0.155 35.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.4198, 27.6108, 10.5125) |
| Luminance | 0.2761 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 4.73
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 4.83
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 5.03
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 5.38
Terracota
#CB6843
ΔE00 5.53
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 5.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E36C4E #4EC5E3
analogous
#E34E7A #E36C4E #E3B74E
triadic
#E36C4E #4EE36C #6C4EE3
tetradic
#E36C4E #7AE34E #4EC5E3 #B74EE3
square
#E36C4E #7AE34E #4EC5E3 #B74EE3
split-complementary
#E36C4E #4EE3B7 #4E7AE3
monochromatic
#9E3419 #D34521 #E36C4E #EB9883 #F4C4B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.22
#E36C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.52
#E36C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E36C4E
6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E36C4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E36C4E | 1.00 | 3.22 | 6.52 | 6.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8B7F4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8994B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F85565
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e36c4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 108, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.155 35.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f29980',
500: '#e36c4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e36c4e; $custom-light: #f29980; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e36c4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 108,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 12.081,
"s": 72.683,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66784,
"c": 0.15523,
"h": 35.3
},
"luminance": 0.27606
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E36C4E
secondary
#AAD8E3
accent
#CBEF38
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF2EE
border
#D7CCC9
text
#180E0A
muted
#867E7C