#E38E38#E38E38

#E38E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.142 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E38E38
RGBrgb(227, 142, 56)
HSLhsl(30, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(30, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.4%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(66.49, 25.47, 56.86)
CIE-LCHlch(66.49, 62.31, 65.87°)
OKLaboklab(72.06% 0.0668 0.1252)
OKLCHoklch(72.06% 0.142 61.9)
XYZxyz(42.0688, 35.9666, 8.4673)
Luminance0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E38E38 #388DE3
analogous
#E33838 #E38E38 #E3E338
triadic
#E38E38 #38E38E #8E38E3
tetradic
#E38E38 #38E338 #388DE3 #E338E3
square
#E38E38 #38E338 #388DE3 #E338E3
split-complementary
#E38E38 #38E3E3 #3838E3
monochromatic
#8D5114 #C26F1B #E38E38 #EBAC6E #F2CBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#E38E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19
#E38E38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E38
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E38E38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E38E381.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8962C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDA939
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F87B7C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e38e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.142 61.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2af74',
    500: '#e38e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e38e38;
$custom-light: #f2af74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e38e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.175,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E38E38
secondary
#98BBDF
accent
#93F236
background
#FFFAF7
surface
#FFF4ED
border
#D7CEC8
text
#181008
muted
#867F7B

Preview Lab

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#E38E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva