#E38849#E38849

#E38849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38849
RGB	rgb(227, 136, 73)
HSL	hsl(25, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 29.47, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 56.09, 58.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0813 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.136 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6886, 34.4245, 10.7511)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38849 #49A4E3

analogous

#E34957 #E38849 #E3D549

triadic

#E38849 #49E388 #8849E3

tetradic

#E38849 #57E349 #49A4E3 #D549E3

square

#E38849 #57E349 #49A4E3 #D549E3

split-complementary

#E38849 #49E3D5 #4957E3

monochromatic

#9A4D18 #CF6720 #E38849 #EBAB7E #F3CDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#E38849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#E38849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38849

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38849	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 136, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ab7e',
    500: '#e38849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38849;
$custom-light: #f1ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71179,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38849

secondary

#A6C9E2

accent

#A5F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38849

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

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