#E38E57#E38E57

#E38E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E57
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(24, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(24, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 27.16, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 50.34, 57.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0764 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.125 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0749, 36.3691, 13.7664)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E57 #57ACE3

analogous

#E35766 #E38E57 #E3D457

triadic

#E38E57 #57E38E #8E57E3

tetradic

#E38E57 #66E357 #57ACE3 #D457E3

square

#E38E57 #66E357 #57ACE3 #D457E3

split-complementary

#E38E57 #57E3D4 #5766E3

monochromatic

#A4511B #D96B24 #E38E57 #ECB18B #F4D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#E38E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E57

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E57	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)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0af88',
    500: '#e38e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e57;
$custom-light: #f0af88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7239,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E57

secondary

#B1D0E5

accent

#87D312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E57

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

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