#E38E62#E38E62

#E38E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E62
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 98)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 27.96, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 46.20, 52.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0804 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.119 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5591, 36.5627, 16.3162)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E62 #62B7E3

analogous

#E36276 #E38E62 #E3CE62

triadic

#E38E62 #62E38E #8E62E3

tetradic

#E38E62 #76E362 #62B7E3 #CE62E3

square

#E38E62 #76E362 #62B7E3 #CE62E3

split-complementary

#E38E62 #62E3CE #6276E3

monochromatic

#AC4F1F #DA692E #E38E62 #ECB396 #F6D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E38E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#E38E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E62

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E62	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F67E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0af8f',
    500: '#e38e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e62;
$custom-light: #f0af8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.465,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E62

secondary

#BAD8E7

accent

#91D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E62

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

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