#E38E6D#E38E6D

#E38E6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38E6D
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 109)
HSL	hsl(17, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 52%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 28.87, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 42.41, 47.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0847 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.114 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1146, 36.7849, 19.2419)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38E6D #6DC2E3

analogous

#E36D87 #E38E6D #E3C96D

triadic

#E38E6D #6DE38E #8E6DE3

tetradic

#E38E6D #87E36D #6DC2E3 #C96DE3

square

#E38E6D #87E36D #6DC2E3 #C96DE3

split-complementary

#E38E6D #6DE3C9 #6D87E3

monochromatic

#B34B22 #D9663A #E38E6D #EDB6A0 #F7DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E38E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#E38E6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38E6D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38E6D	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4986A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F58086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaf97',
    500: '#e38e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38e6d;
$custom-light: #efaf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.78,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38E6D

secondary

#C2DEE9

accent

#9CD016

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FEF4F2

border

#D6CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38E6D

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

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