#E38E49#E38E49

#E38E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E49
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 26.29, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 55.81, 61.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0717 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.133 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5574, 36.1621, 11.0407)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E49 #499EE3

analogous

#E34951 #E38E49 #E3DB49

triadic

#E38E49 #49E38E #8E49E3

tetradic

#E38E49 #51E349 #499EE3 #DB49E3

square

#E38E49 #51E349 #499EE3 #DB49E3

split-complementary

#E38E49 #49E3DB #4951E3

monochromatic

#9A5218 #CF6E20 #E38E49 #EBAF7E #F3D0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E38E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#E38E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E49

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E49	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af7e',
    500: '#e38e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e49;
$custom-light: #f1af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.883,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72218,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E49

secondary

#A6C7E2

accent

#9DF038

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E49

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

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