#E3843C#E3843C

#E3843C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.144 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3843C
RGB	rgb(227, 132, 60)
HSL	hsl(26, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 73.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 30.93, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 61.24, 59.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0836 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.144 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7489, 33.1640, 8.5294)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3843C #3C9BE3

analogous

#E33C48 #E3843C #E3D73C

triadic

#E3843C #3CE384 #843CE3

tetradic

#E3843C #48E33C #3C9BE3 #D73CE3

square

#E3843C #48E33C #3C9BE3 #D73CE3

split-complementary

#E3843C #3CE3D7 #3C48E3

monochromatic

#904A15 #C5651C #E3843C #EBA672 #F2C8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#E3843C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#E3843C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3843C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3843C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3843C	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3843c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 132, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.144 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a876',
    500: '#e3843c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3843c;
$custom-light: #f2a876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3843c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.868,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70365,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3843C

secondary

#9BC2E0

accent

#A1F236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3843C

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

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