#E36D44#E36D44

#E36D44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.157 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D44
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 68)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 43.07, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 61.49, 45.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.1218 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.157 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1942, 27.6903, 8.8012)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D44 #44BAE3

analogous

#E3446A #E36D44 #E3BD44

triadic

#E36D44 #44E36D #6D44E3

tetradic

#E36D44 #6AE344 #44BAE3 #BD44E3

square

#E36D44 #6AE344 #44BAE3 #BD44E3

split-complementary

#E36D44 #44E3BD #446AE3

monochromatic

#963716 #CB4B1E #E36D44 #EB9779 #F3C0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E36D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#E36D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D44

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D44	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.157 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39979',
    500: '#e36d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d44;
$custom-light: #f39979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.472,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66801,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D44

secondary

#A2D1E1

accent

#C1F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D44

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

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