#E38E4E#E38E4E

#E38E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E4E
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 26.58, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 53.84, 60.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0733 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.13 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7299, 36.2311, 11.9492)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E4E #4EA3E3

analogous

#E34E58 #E38E4E #E3D94E

triadic

#E38E4E #4EE38E #8E4EE3

tetradic

#E38E4E #58E34E #4EA3E3 #D94EE3

square

#E38E4E #58E34E #4EA3E3 #D94EE3

split-complementary

#E38E4E #4EE3D9 #4E58E3

monochromatic

#9E5219 #D36D21 #E38E4E #EBB083 #F4D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E38E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#E38E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E4E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E4E	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af82',
    500: '#e38e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e4e;
$custom-light: #f1af82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.772,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E4E

secondary

#AACAE3

accent

#A1EF38

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E4E

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