#E38C3E#E38C3E

#E38C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.140 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C3E
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 72.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 26.79, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 60.11, 63.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0716 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.14 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9295, 35.4391, 9.1887)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C3E #3E95E3

analogous

#E33E43 #E38C3E #E3DF3E

triadic

#E38C3E #3EE38C #8C3EE3

tetradic

#E38C3E #43E33E #3E95E3 #DF3EE3

square

#E38C3E #43E33E #3E95E3 #DF3EE3

split-complementary

#E38C3E #3EE3DF #3E43E3

monochromatic

#915015 #C76D1D #E38C3E #EBAC73 #F3CCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E38C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#E38C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C3E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C3E	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.140 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ae77',
    500: '#e38c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c3e;
$custom-light: #f2ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.364,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C3E

secondary

#9DC0E0

accent

#99F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C3E

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