#E3845E#E3845E

#E3845E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3845E
RGB	rgb(227, 132, 94)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 58.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 32.94, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 48.87, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.095 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.128 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9533, 33.6458, 14.8724)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3845E #5EBDE3

analogous

#E35E7A #E3845E #E3C65E

triadic

#E3845E #5EE384 #845EE3

tetradic

#E3845E #7AE35E #5EBDE3 #C65EE3

square

#E3845E #7AE35E #5EBDE3 #C65EE3

split-complementary

#E3845E #5EE3C6 #5E7AE3

monochromatic

#A9451D #DA5C2A #E3845E #ECAC92 #F5D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#E3845E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#E3845E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3845E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3845E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3845E	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3845e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 132, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a98c',
    500: '#e3845e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3845e;
$custom-light: #f0a98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3845e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70787,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3845E

secondary

#B6D9E6

accent

#9CD213

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3845E

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

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