#E38A49#E38A49

#E38A49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.135 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38A49
RGB	rgb(227, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(25, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 28.41, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 55.97, 59.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0781 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.135 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9729, 34.9931, 10.8459)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38A49 #49A2E3

analogous

#E34955 #E38A49 #E3D749

triadic

#E38A49 #49E38A #8A49E3

tetradic

#E38A49 #55E349 #49A2E3 #D749E3

square

#E38A49 #55E349 #49A2E3 #D749E3

split-complementary

#E38A49 #49E3D7 #4955E3

monochromatic

#9A4F18 #CF6A20 #E38A49 #EBAC7E #F3CEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E38A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#E38A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38A49

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38A49	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.135 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac7e',
    500: '#e38a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38a49;
$custom-light: #f1ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.325,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71522,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38A49

secondary

#A6C9E2

accent

#A2F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38A49

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

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