#E38D55#E38D55

#E38D55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D55
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 27.56, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 51.17, 57.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0773 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.127 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8463, 36.0406, 13.2926)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D55 #55ABE3

analogous

#E35564 #E38D55 #E3D455

triadic

#E38D55 #55E38D #8D55E3

tetradic

#E38D55 #64E355 #55ABE3 #D455E3

square

#E38D55 #64E355 #55ABE3 #D455E3

split-complementary

#E38D55 #55E3D4 #5564E3

monochromatic

#A3501B #D76A23 #E38D55 #ECB08A #F4D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E38D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E38D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D55

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D55	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af86',
    500: '#e38d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d55;
$custom-light: #f1af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.662,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D55

secondary

#AFD0E5

accent

#87D412

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D55

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

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