#E38C5C#E38C5C

#E38C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C5C
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 59.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 28.57, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 48.59, 53.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0814 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.124 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9914, 35.8638, 14.7814)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C5C #5CB3E3

analogous

#E35C70 #E38C5C #E3CF5C

triadic

#E38C5C #5CE38C #8C5CE3

tetradic

#E38C5C #70E35C #5CB3E3 #CF5CE3

square

#E38C5C #70E35C #5CB3E3 #CF5CE3

split-complementary

#E38C5C #5CE3CF #5C70E3

monochromatic

#A84E1D #DA6728 #E38C5C #ECB190 #F5D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E38C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#E38C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C5C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C5C	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ae8b',
    500: '#e38c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c5c;
$custom-light: #f0ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.333,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72114,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C5C

secondary

#B5D4E6

accent

#8ED313

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C5C

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