#E38C68#E38C68

#E38C68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C68
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 104)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 54.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 29.50, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 44.35, 48.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.086 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.118 43)
XYZ	xyz(43.5582, 36.0905, 17.7662)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C68 #68BFE3

analogous

#E36882 #E38C68 #E3CA68

triadic

#E38C68 #68E38C #8C68E3

tetradic

#E38C68 #82E368 #68BFE3 #CA68E3

square

#E38C68 #82E368 #68BFE3 #CA68E3

split-complementary

#E38C68 #68E3CA #6882E3

monochromatic

#B04B21 #D96534 #E38C68 #EDB39C #F6DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E38C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#E38C68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C68

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C68	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ae93',
    500: '#e38c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c68;
$custom-light: #f0ae93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.36087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C68

secondary

#BEDCE8

accent

#9AD115

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C68

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

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