#E38E3E#E38E3E

#E38E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E3E
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 62)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 72.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 25.73, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 60.07, 64.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0684 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.139 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2244, 36.0289, 9.2870)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E3E #3E93E3

analogous

#E33E41 #E38E3E #E3E13E

triadic

#E38E3E #3EE38E #8E3EE3

tetradic

#E38E3E #41E33E #3E93E3 #E13EE3

square

#E38E3E #41E33E #3E93E3 #E13EE3

split-complementary

#E38E3E #3EE3E1 #3E41E3

monochromatic

#915115 #C76F1D #E38E3E #EBAD73 #F3CDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E38E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E38E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E3E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E3E	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)

#A89634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2af77',
    500: '#e38e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e3e;
$custom-light: #f2af77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E3E

secondary

#9DBFE0

accent

#97F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E3E

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

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