#E38E46#E38E46

#E38E46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E46
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 70)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 26.13, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 56.98, 62.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0708 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.135 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4603, 36.1232, 10.5295)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E46 #469BE3

analogous

#E3464C #E38E46 #E3DD46

triadic

#E38E46 #46E38E #8E46E3

tetradic

#E38E46 #4CE346 #469BE3 #DD46E3

square

#E38E46 #4CE346 #469BE3 #DD46E3

split-complementary

#E38E46 #46E3DD #464CE3

monochromatic

#985217 #CD6F1F #E38E46 #EBAE7B #F3CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E38E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#E38E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E46

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E46	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)

#A8963E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af7c',
    500: '#e38e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e46;
$custom-light: #f1af7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.516,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E46

secondary

#A3C5E2

accent

#9CF037

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E46

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