#E38857#E38857

#E38857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38857
RGB	rgb(227, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 30.34, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 50.82, 53.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.086 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.129 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2062, 34.6315, 13.4768)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38857 #57B2E3

analogous

#E3576C #E38857 #E3CE57

triadic

#E38857 #57E388 #8857E3

tetradic

#E38857 #6CE357 #57B2E3 #CE57E3

square

#E38857 #6CE357 #57B2E3 #CE57E3

split-complementary

#E38857 #57E3CE #576CE3

monochromatic

#A44B1B #D96324 #E38857 #ECAD8B #F4D2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#E38857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#E38857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38857

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38857	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ab87',
    500: '#e38857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38857;
$custom-light: #f1ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71356,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38857

secondary

#B1D3E5

accent

#90D312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38857

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

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