#E38E40#E38E40

#E38E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E40
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 25.83, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 59.30, 64.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.069 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.138 60)
XYZ	xyz(42.2803, 36.0512, 9.5814)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E40 #4095E3

analogous

#E34044 #E38E40 #E3E040

triadic

#E38E40 #40E38E #8E40E3

tetradic

#E38E40 #44E340 #4095E3 #E040E3

square

#E38E40 #44E340 #4095E3 #E040E3

split-complementary

#E38E40 #40E3E0 #4044E3

monochromatic

#935216 #C86F1D #E38E40 #EBAE75 #F3CDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E38E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E38E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E40

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E40	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)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af79',
    500: '#e38e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e40;
$custom-light: #f1af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.712,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.36047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E40

secondary

#9EC1E1

accent

#98F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E40

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

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