#E36D43#E36D43

#E36D43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.158 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D43
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 67)
HSL	hsl(16, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 43.02, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 61.82, 45.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.1214 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.158 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1639, 27.6781, 8.6418)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D43 #43B9E3

analogous

#E34369 #E36D43 #E3BD43

triadic

#E36D43 #43E36D #6D43E3

tetradic

#E36D43 #69E343 #43B9E3 #BD43E3

square

#E36D43 #69E343 #43B9E3 #BD43E3

split-complementary

#E36D43 #43E3BD #4369E3

monochromatic

#953816 #CB4B1E #E36D43 #EB9678 #F3C0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E36D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E36D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D43

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D43	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)

#8D7F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.158 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39979',
    500: '#e36d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d43;
$custom-light: #f39979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.75,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66789,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D43

secondary

#A1D0E1

accent

#C0F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D43

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

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