#E36D3B#E36D3B

#E36D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.160 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D3B
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 59)
HSL	hsl(18, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 74%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 42.65, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 64.47, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.1189 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.16 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9403, 27.5887, 7.4641)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D3B #3BB1E3

analogous

#E33B5D #E36D3B #E3C13B

triadic

#E36D3B #3BE36D #6D3BE3

tetradic

#E36D3B #5DE33B #3BB1E3 #C13BE3

square

#E36D3B #5DE33B #3BB1E3 #C13BE3

split-complementary

#E36D3B #3BE3C1 #3B5DE3

monochromatic

#8F3914 #C54E1C #E36D3B #EB9571 #F2BDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E36D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#E36D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D3B

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D3B	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)

#8E7F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.160 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39973',
    500: '#e36d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d3b;
$custom-light: #f39973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.857,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66701,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D3B

secondary

#9ACBE0

accent

#BAF236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D3B

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

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