#E36D4E#E36D4E

#E36D4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.154 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D4E
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 43.62, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 58.32, 41.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.1252 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.154 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5258, 27.8229, 10.5478)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D4E #4EC4E3

analogous

#E34E7A #E36D4E #E3B74E

triadic

#E36D4E #4EE36D #6D4EE3

tetradic

#E36D4E #7AE34E #4EC4E3 #B74EE3

square

#E36D4E #7AE34E #4EC4E3 #B74EE3

split-complementary

#E36D4E #4EE3B7 #4E7AE3

monochromatic

#9E3519 #D34621 #E36D4E #EB9983 #F4C4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E36D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E36D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D4E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D4E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C804B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.154 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29980',
    500: '#e36d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d4e;
$custom-light: #f29980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.483,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D4E

secondary

#AAD7E3

accent

#C9EF38

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D4E

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