#E38D48#E38D48

#E38D48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D48
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 26.77, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 56.23, 61.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.073 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.134 57)
XYZ	xyz(42.3764, 35.8527, 10.8182)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D48 #489EE3

analogous

#E34850 #E38D48 #E3DB48

triadic

#E38D48 #48E38D #8D48E3

tetradic

#E38D48 #50E348 #489EE3 #DB48E3

square

#E38D48 #50E348 #489EE3 #DB48E3

split-complementary

#E38D48 #48E3DB #4850E3

monochromatic

#995117 #CE6D20 #E38D48 #EBAE7D #F3CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E38D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#E38D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D48

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D48	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae7e',
    500: '#e38d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d48;
$custom-light: #f1ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.71,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D48

secondary

#A5C7E2

accent

#9EF038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D48

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

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