#E38A46#E38A46

#E38A46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38A46
RGB	rgb(227, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(26, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 28.25, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 57.13, 60.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0771 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.137 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8759, 34.9543, 10.3347)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38A46 #469FE3

analogous

#E34650 #E38A46 #E3D846

triadic

#E38A46 #46E38A #8A46E3

tetradic

#E38A46 #50E346 #469FE3 #D846E3

square

#E38A46 #50E346 #469FE3 #D846E3

split-complementary

#E38A46 #46E3D8 #4650E3

monochromatic

#984F17 #CD6A1F #E38A46 #EBAC7B #F3CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E38A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#E38A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38A46

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38A46	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac7c',
    500: '#e38a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38a46;
$custom-light: #f1ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.987,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71489,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38A46

secondary

#A3C7E2

accent

#A0F037

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38A46

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