#E38E53#E38E53

#E38E53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E53
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(25, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 63.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 26.89, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 51.89, 58.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.075 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.128 54)
XYZ	xyz(42.9160, 36.3055, 12.9294)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E53 #53A8E3

analogous

#E35360 #E38E53 #E3D653

triadic

#E38E53 #53E38E #8E53E3

tetradic

#E38E53 #60E353 #53A8E3 #D653E3

square

#E38E53 #60E353 #53A8E3 #D653E3

split-complementary

#E38E53 #53E3D6 #5360E3

monochromatic

#A1521A #D66C23 #E38E53 #ECB188 #F4D3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#E38E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E53

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E53	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af85',
    500: '#e38e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e53;
$custom-light: #f1af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.583,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E53

secondary

#AECEE4

accent

#84D411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E53

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

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