#E38D62#E38D62

#E38D62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38D62
RGB	rgb(227, 141, 98)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 28.49, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 46.31, 52.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0821 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.12 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4110, 36.2665, 16.2668)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38D62 #62B8E3

analogous

#E36277 #E38D62 #E3CD62

triadic

#E38D62 #62E38D #8D62E3

tetradic

#E38D62 #77E362 #62B8E3 #CD62E3

square

#E38D62 #77E362 #62B8E3 #CD62E3

split-complementary

#E38D62 #62E3CD #6277E3

monochromatic

#AC4E1F #DA672E #E38D62 #ECB396 #F6D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#E38D62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38D62

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38D62	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 141, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0af8f',
    500: '#e38d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38d62;
$custom-light: #f0af8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38D62

secondary

#BAD8E7

accent

#92D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38D62

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

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