#E38E45#E38E45

#E38E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E45
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 69.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 26.08, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 57.37, 62.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0705 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.135 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4290, 36.1107, 10.3646)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E45 #459AE3

analogous

#E3454B #E38E45 #E3DD45

triadic

#E38E45 #45E38E #8E45E3

tetradic

#E38E45 #4BE345 #459AE3 #DD45E3

square

#E38E45 #4BE345 #459AE3 #DD45E3

split-complementary

#E38E45 #45E3DD #454BE3

monochromatic

#975217 #CC6F1F #E38E45 #EBAE7A #F3CFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E38E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#E38E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E45

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E45	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8963D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af7c',
    500: '#e38e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e45;
$custom-light: #f1af7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.722,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E45

secondary

#A2C4E1

accent

#9BF037

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E45

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

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