#E38E59#E38E59

#E38E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E59
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 27.30, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 49.57, 56.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0772 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.124 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1578, 36.4022, 14.2027)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E59 #59AEE3

analogous

#E35969 #E38E59 #E3D359

triadic

#E38E59 #59E38E #8E59E3

tetradic

#E38E59 #69E359 #59AEE3 #D359E3

square

#E38E59 #69E359 #59AEE3 #D359E3

split-complementary

#E38E59 #59E3D3 #5969E3

monochromatic

#A6511C #DA6A25 #E38E59 #ECB28D #F5D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#E38E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E59

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E59	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0af89',
    500: '#e38e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e59;
$custom-light: #f0af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.043,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E59

secondary

#B2D2E5

accent

#89D312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E59

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

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