#E38C4E#E38C4E

#E38C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C4E
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(25, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 27.64, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 53.93, 59.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0765 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.131 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4350, 35.6413, 11.8509)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C4E #4EA5E3

analogous

#E34E5B #E38C4E #E3D64E

triadic

#E38C4E #4EE38C #8C4EE3

tetradic

#E38C4E #5BE34E #4EA5E3 #D64EE3

square

#E38C4E #5BE34E #4EA5E3 #D64EE3

split-complementary

#E38C4E #4EE3D6 #4E5BE3

monochromatic

#9E5019 #D36B21 #E38C4E #EBAE83 #F4D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E38C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#E38C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C4E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C4E	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae82',
    500: '#e38c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c4e;
$custom-light: #f1ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.966,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71927,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C4E

secondary

#AACBE3

accent

#A3EF38

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C4E

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

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