#E3872D#E3872D

#E3872D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.149 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3872D
RGB	rgb(227, 135, 45)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 80.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 28.77, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 66.34, 64.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0751 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.149 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8198, 33.8527, 6.8666)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3872D #2D89E3

analogous

#E32D2E #E3872D #E3E22D

triadic

#E3872D #2DE387 #872DE3

tetradic

#E3872D #2EE32D #2D89E3 #E22DE3

square

#E3872D #2EE32D #2D89E3 #E22DE3

split-complementary

#E3872D #2DE3E2 #2D2EE3

monochromatic

#844A12 #BA6919 #E3872D #EAA663 #F1C599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#E3872D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#E3872D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3872D

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3872D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3872D	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)

#A3911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3872d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 135, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.149 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3aa6d',
    500: '#e3872d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3872d;
$custom-light: #f3aa6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3872d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.67,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3872D

secondary

#8FB6DD

accent

#95F335

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF4EC

border

#D7CEC7

text

#181007

muted

#867F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3872D

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

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