#E38A32#E38A32

#E38A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.146 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38A32
RGB	rgb(227, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 78%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 27.35, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 64.53, 64.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0716 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.146 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3463, 34.7424, 7.5455)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38A32 #328BE3

analogous

#E33232 #E38A32 #E3E332

triadic

#E38A32 #32E38A #8A32E3

tetradic

#E38A32 #32E332 #328BE3 #E332E3

square

#E38A32 #32E332 #328BE3 #E332E3

split-complementary

#E38A32 #32E3E3 #3232E3

monochromatic

#884D13 #BE6B1A #E38A32 #EAA968 #F2C79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#E38A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#E38A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38A32

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38A32	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.146 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ac70',
    500: '#e38a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38a32;
$custom-light: #f2ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.831,
    "s": 75.966,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38A32

secondary

#93B9DE

accent

#94F335

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181008

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38A32

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

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