#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
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 25.47, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 62.31, 65.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0668 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.142 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0688, 35.9666, 8.4673)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E38E38	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E38E38

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

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