#E36F43#E36F43

#E36F43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.156 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36F43
RGB	rgb(227, 111, 67)
HSL	hsl(17, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 42.03, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 61.45, 46.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.1184 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.156 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3797, 28.1097, 8.7137)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36F43 #43B7E3

analogous

#E34367 #E36F43 #E3BF43

triadic

#E36F43 #43E36F #6F43E3

tetradic

#E36F43 #67E343 #43B7E3 #BF43E3

square

#E36F43 #67E343 #43B7E3 #BF43E3

split-complementary

#E36F43 #43E3BF #4367E3

monochromatic

#953916 #CB4E1E #E36F43 #EB9878 #F3C1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#E36F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#E36F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36F43

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36F43	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 111, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.156 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39b79',
    500: '#e36f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36f43;
$custom-light: #f39b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67087,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36F43

secondary

#A1CFE1

accent

#BEF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36F43

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

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