#E38D38#E38D38

#E38D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.142 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D38
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 26.00, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 62.32, 65.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0683 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.142 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9207, 35.6704, 8.4180)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D38 #388EE3

analogous

#E33838 #E38D38 #E3E338

triadic

#E38D38 #38E38D #8D38E3

tetradic

#E38D38 #38E338 #388EE3 #E338E3

square

#E38D38 #38E338 #388EE3 #E338E3

split-complementary

#E38D38 #38E3E3 #3838E3

monochromatic

#8D5014 #C26E1B #E38D38 #EBAC6E #F2CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E38D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#E38D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D38

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D38	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.142 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ae74',
    500: '#e38d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d38;
$custom-light: #f2ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.825,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D38

secondary

#98BCDF

accent

#94F236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181008

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D38

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

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