#E38C49#E38C49

#E38C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C49
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(26, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 27.35, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 55.88, 60.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0749 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.134 56)
XYZ	xyz(42.2625, 35.5723, 10.9424)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C49 #49A0E3

analogous

#E34953 #E38C49 #E3D949

triadic

#E38C49 #49E38C #8C49E3

tetradic

#E38C49 #53E349 #49A0E3 #D949E3

square

#E38C49 #53E349 #49A0E3 #D949E3

split-complementary

#E38C49 #49E3D9 #4953E3

monochromatic

#9A5018 #CF6C20 #E38C49 #EBAE7E #F3CFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E38C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#E38C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C49

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C49	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)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae7e',
    500: '#e38c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c49;
$custom-light: #f1ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.104,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.35568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C49

secondary

#A6C8E2

accent

#A0F038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C49

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

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