#E36D42#E36D42

#E36D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.158 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D42
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 42.97, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 62.15, 46.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.1211 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.158 40)
XYZ	xyz(38.1342, 27.6663, 8.4852)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D42 #42B8E3

analogous

#E34267 #E36D42 #E3BE42

triadic

#E36D42 #42E36D #6D42E3

tetradic

#E36D42 #67E342 #42B8E3 #BE42E3

square

#E36D42 #67E342 #42B8E3 #BE42E3

split-complementary

#E36D42 #42E3BE #4267E3

monochromatic

#953816 #CA4C1E #E36D42 #EB9677 #F3BFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E36D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E36D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D42

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D42	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.158 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39978',
    500: '#e36d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d42;
$custom-light: #f39978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.025,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66777,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D42

secondary

#A0D0E1

accent

#BFF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D42

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

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