#E36D41#E36D41

#E36D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.158 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D41
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 71.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 42.93, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 62.48, 46.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.1208 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.158 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1050, 27.6546, 8.3313)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D41 #41B7E3

analogous

#E34166 #E36D41 #E3BE41

triadic

#E36D41 #41E36D #6D41E3

tetradic

#E36D41 #66E341 #41B7E3 #BE41E3

square

#E36D41 #66E341 #41B7E3 #BE41E3

split-complementary

#E36D41 #41E3BE #4166E3

monochromatic

#943816 #C94C1E #E36D41 #EB9676 #F3BFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E36D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E36D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D41

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D41	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.158 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39977',
    500: '#e36d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d41;
$custom-light: #f39977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.296,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66766,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D41

secondary

#9FCFE1

accent

#BEF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D41

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

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