#E38D46#E38D46

#E38D46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.135 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D46
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 26.66, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 57.01, 62.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0724 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.135 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3122, 35.8270, 10.4801)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D46 #469CE3

analogous

#E3464D #E38D46 #E3DC46

triadic

#E38D46 #46E38D #8D46E3

tetradic

#E38D46 #4DE346 #469CE3 #DC46E3

square

#E38D46 #4DE346 #469CE3 #DC46E3

split-complementary

#E38D46 #46E3DC #464DE3

monochromatic

#985117 #CD6E1F #E38D46 #EBAE7B #F3CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E38D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#E38D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D46

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D46	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.135 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae7c',
    500: '#e38d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d46;
$custom-light: #f1ae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.134,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7201,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D46

secondary

#A3C5E2

accent

#9DF037

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D46

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

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