#E38C55#E38C55

#E38C55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C55
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 28.09, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 51.23, 56.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0789 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.128 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6995, 35.7471, 13.2437)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C55 #55ACE3

analogous

#E35565 #E38C55 #E3D355

triadic

#E38C55 #55E38C #8C55E3

tetradic

#E38C55 #65E355 #55ACE3 #D355E3

square

#E38C55 #65E355 #55ACE3 #D355E3

split-complementary

#E38C55 #55E3D3 #5565E3

monochromatic

#A34F1B #D76923 #E38C55 #ECB08A #F4D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E38C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#E38C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C55

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C55	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae86',
    500: '#e38c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c55;
$custom-light: #f1ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.239,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C55

secondary

#AFD0E5

accent

#89D412

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C55

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

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