#E38C4F#E38C4F

#E38C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E38C4F
RGBrgb(227, 140, 79)
HSLhsl(25, 73%, 60%)
HSVhsv(25, 65%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38.3%, 65.2%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(66.26, 27.70, 45.82)
CIE-LCHlch(66.26, 53.55, 58.84°)
OKLaboklab(71.94% 0.0769 0.1058)
OKLCHoklch(71.94% 0.131 54)
XYZxyz(42.4711, 35.6557, 12.0411)
Luminance0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E38C4F #4FA6E3
analogous
#E34F5C #E38C4F #E3D64F
triadic
#E38C4F #4FE38C #8C4FE3
tetradic
#E38C4F #5CE34F #4FA6E3 #D64FE3
square
#E38C4F #5CE34F #4FA6E3 #D64FE3
split-complementary
#E38C4F #4FE3D6 #4F5CE3
monochromatic
#9E5019 #D36B22 #E38C4F #EBAF84 #F4D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#E38C4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13
#E38C4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C4F
8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E38C4F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E38C4F1.002.588.138.13
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1321.001.001.00
##0000008.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59549
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA94F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F77A7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e38c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 54.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae82',
    500: '#e38c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e38c4f;
$custom-light: #f1ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e38c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.73,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.35652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E38C4F
secondary
#AACCE3
accent
#A4EF39
background
#FFFAF8
surface
#FFF4EF
border
#D7CECA
text
#18100A
muted
#867F7C

Preview Lab

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#E38C4F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva