#E38648#E38648

#E38648 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38648
RGB	rgb(227, 134, 72)
HSL	hsl(24, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 30.47, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 56.62, 57.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0841 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.138 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3767, 33.8533, 10.4849)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38648 #48A5E3

analogous

#E34857 #E38648 #E3D348

triadic

#E38648 #48E386 #8648E3

tetradic

#E38648 #57E348 #48A5E3 #D348E3

square

#E38648 #57E348 #48A5E3 #D348E3

split-complementary

#E38648 #48E3D3 #4857E3

monochromatic

#994B17 #CE6520 #E38648 #EBA97D #F3CCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#E38648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#E38648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38648

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38648	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 134, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1aa7d',
    500: '#e38648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38648;
$custom-light: #f1aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38648

secondary

#A5CAE2

accent

#A6F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38648

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

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