#E38956#E38956

#E38956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38956
RGB	rgb(227, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 29.74, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 51.10, 54.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0841 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.129 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3071, 34.8983, 13.3103)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38956 #56B0E3

analogous

#E3566A #E38956 #E3D056

triadic

#E38956 #56E389 #8956E3

tetradic

#E38956 #6AE356 #56B0E3 #D056E3

square

#E38956 #6AE356 #56B0E3 #D056E3

split-complementary

#E38956 #56E3D0 #566AE3

monochromatic

#A44C1B #D86524 #E38956 #ECAE8B #F4D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E38956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#E38956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38956

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38956	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac87',
    500: '#e38956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38956;
$custom-light: #f1ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.702,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38956

secondary

#B0D2E5

accent

#8ED412

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38956

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

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