#E38C61#E38C61

#E38C61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C61
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 28.94, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 46.77, 51.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0833 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.121 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2173, 35.9542, 15.9707)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C61 #61B8E3

analogous

#E36177 #E38C61 #E3CD61

triadic

#E38C61 #61E38C #8C61E3

tetradic

#E38C61 #77E361 #61B8E3 #CD61E3

square

#E38C61 #77E361 #61B8E3 #CD61E3

split-complementary

#E38C61 #61E3CD #6177E3

monochromatic

#AB4D1E #DA662D #E38C61 #ECB295 #F5D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E38C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#E38C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C61

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C61	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ae8e',
    500: '#e38c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c61;
$custom-light: #f0ae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.846,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C61

secondary

#B9D8E7

accent

#93D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C61

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

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