#E38C69#E38C69

#E38C69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38C69
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 105)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 53.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 29.59, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 44.01, 47.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0863 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.117 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6093, 36.1110, 18.0353)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38C69 #69C0E3

analogous

#E36983 #E38C69 #E3C969

triadic

#E38C69 #69E38C #8C69E3

tetradic

#E38C69 #83E369 #69C0E3 #C969E3

square

#E38C69 #83E369 #69C0E3 #C969E3

split-complementary

#E38C69 #69E3C9 #6983E3

monochromatic

#B14A21 #D96435 #E38C69 #EDB49D #F6DBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E38C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#E38C69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38C69

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38C69	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#A39766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ae94',
    500: '#e38c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38c69;
$custom-light: #f0ae94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.213,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38C69

secondary

#BFDDE9

accent

#9BD015

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38C69

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

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