#E38C46#E38C46

#E38C46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C46
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 70)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 27.19, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 57.04, 61.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0739 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.136 57)
XYZ	xyz(42.1655, 35.5335, 10.4312)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C46 #469DE3

analogous

#E3464E #E38C46 #E3DB46

triadic

#E38C46 #46E38C #8C46E3

tetradic

#E38C46 #4EE346 #469DE3 #DB46E3

square

#E38C46 #4EE346 #469DE3 #DB46E3

split-complementary

#E38C46 #46E3DB #464EE3

monochromatic

#985017 #CD6C1F #E38C46 #EBAD7B #F3CEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E38C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#E38C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C46

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C46	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae7c',
    500: '#e38c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c46;
$custom-light: #f1ae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.752,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71836,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.35529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C46

secondary

#A3C6E2

accent

#9EF037

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C46

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