#E38C59#E38C59

#E38C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C59
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 28.36, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 49.71, 55.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0804 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.125 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8629, 35.8124, 14.1044)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C59 #59B0E3

analogous

#E3596B #E38C59 #E3D159

triadic

#E38C59 #59E38C #8C59E3

tetradic

#E38C59 #6BE359 #59B0E3 #D159E3

square

#E38C59 #6BE359 #59B0E3 #D159E3

split-complementary

#E38C59 #59E3D1 #596BE3

monochromatic

#A64F1C #DA6825 #E38C59 #ECB08D #F5D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E38C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#E38C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C59

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C59	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ae89',
    500: '#e38c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c59;
$custom-light: #f0ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C59

secondary

#B2D3E5

accent

#8CD312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C59

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

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