#E38949#E38949

#E38949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.135 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38949
RGB	rgb(227, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(25, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 28.94, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 56.03, 58.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0797 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.135 54)
XYZ	xyz(41.8301, 34.7075, 10.7983)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38949 #49A3E3

analogous

#E34956 #E38949 #E3D649

triadic

#E38949 #49E389 #8949E3

tetradic

#E38949 #56E349 #49A3E3 #D649E3

square

#E38949 #56E349 #49A3E3 #D649E3

split-complementary

#E38949 #49E3D6 #4956E3

monochromatic

#9A4E18 #CF6920 #E38949 #EBAB7E #F3CEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#E38949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#E38949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38949

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38949	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.135 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac7e',
    500: '#e38949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38949;
$custom-light: #f1ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.935,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38949

secondary

#A6C9E2

accent

#A3F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38949

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

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