#E38E55#E38E55

#E38E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E55
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 27.02, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 51.11, 58.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0757 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.126 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9944, 36.3369, 13.3420)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E55 #55AAE3

analogous

#E35563 #E38E55 #E3D555

triadic

#E38E55 #55E38E #8E55E3

tetradic

#E38E55 #63E355 #55AAE3 #D555E3

square

#E38E55 #63E355 #55AAE3 #D555E3

split-complementary

#E38E55 #55E3D5 #5563E3

monochromatic

#A3511B #D76C23 #E38E55 #ECB18A #F4D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#E38E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E55

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E55	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0af86',
    500: '#e38e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e55;
$custom-light: #f0af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.085,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E55

secondary

#AFCFE5

accent

#86D412

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E55

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

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