#E37040#E37040

#E37040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.156 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E37040
RGB	rgb(227, 112, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 41.39, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 62.28, 48.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.1159 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.156 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4018, 28.2941, 8.2886)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E37040 #40B3E3

analogous

#E34062 #E37040 #E3C240

triadic

#E37040 #40E370 #7040E3

tetradic

#E37040 #62E340 #40B3E3 #C240E3

square

#E37040 #62E340 #40B3E3 #C240E3

split-complementary

#E37040 #40E3C2 #4062E3

monochromatic

#933B16 #C8501D #E37040 #EB9875 #F3C0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#E37040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#E37040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E37040

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E37040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E37040	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90813B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e37040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 112, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.156 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39b77',
    500: '#e37040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e37040;
$custom-light: #f39b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e37040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.669,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67203,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E37040

secondary

#9ECDE1

accent

#BAF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E37040

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

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