#E38E50#E38E50

#E38E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E50
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(25, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 64.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 26.70, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 53.06, 59.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.074 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.129 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8027, 36.2602, 12.3326)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E50 #50A5E3

analogous

#E3505B #E38E50 #E3D750

triadic

#E38E50 #50E38E #8E50E3

tetradic

#E38E50 #5BE350 #50A5E3 #D750E3

square

#E38E50 #5BE350 #50A5E3 #D750E3

split-complementary

#E38E50 #50E3D7 #505BE3

monochromatic

#9F5219 #D46D22 #E38E50 #EBB085 #F4D2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E38E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#E38E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E50

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E50	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)

#A7974A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af83',
    500: '#e38e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e50;
$custom-light: #f1af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.306,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E50

secondary

#ABCCE4

accent

#82D411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E50

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

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