#E38B5E#E38B5E

#E38B5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38B5E
RGB	rgb(227, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 58.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 29.25, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 47.96, 52.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0838 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.123 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9346, 35.6084, 15.1995)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38B5E #5EB6E3

analogous

#E35E73 #E38B5E #E3CE5E

triadic

#E38B5E #5EE38B #8B5EE3

tetradic

#E38B5E #73E35E #5EB6E3 #CE5EE3

square

#E38B5E #73E35E #5EB6E3 #CE5EE3

split-complementary

#E38B5E #5EE3CE #5E73E3

monochromatic

#A94D1D #DA652A #E38B5E #ECB192 #F5D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E38B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E38B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38B5E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38B5E	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3955A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ad8c',
    500: '#e38b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38b5e;
$custom-light: #f0ad8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.301,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38B5E

secondary

#B6D6E6

accent

#92D213

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38B5E

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

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