#E38D41#E38D41

#E38D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D41
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 71.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 26.41, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 58.94, 63.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0709 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.138 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1609, 35.7665, 9.6833)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D41 #4197E3

analogous

#E34146 #E38D41 #E3DE41

triadic

#E38D41 #41E38D #8D41E3

tetradic

#E38D41 #46E341 #4197E3 #DE41E3

square

#E38D41 #46E341 #4197E3 #DE41E3

split-complementary

#E38D41 #41E3DE #4146E3

monochromatic

#945116 #C96E1E #E38D41 #EBAD76 #F3CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E38D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#E38D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D41

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D41	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae79',
    500: '#e38d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d41;
$custom-light: #f1ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.148,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7196,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D41

secondary

#9FC2E1

accent

#9AF137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D41

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

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