#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
RGBrgb(227, 141, 56)
HSLhsl(30, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(30, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.9%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(66.27, 26.00, 56.64)
CIE-LCHlch(66.27, 62.32, 65.34°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% 0.0683 0.1248)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.142 61.3)
XYZxyz(41.9207, 35.6704, 8.4180)
Luminance0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E38D381.002.588.138.13
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1321.001.001.00
##0000008.1321.001.001.00

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

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#E38D38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva