#E38F40#E38F40

#E38F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38F40
RGB	rgb(227, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 25.29, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 59.29, 64.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0674 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.138 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4298, 36.3501, 9.6312)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38F40 #4094E3

analogous

#E34043 #E38F40 #E3E140

triadic

#E38F40 #40E38F #8F40E3

tetradic

#E38F40 #43E340 #4094E3 #E140E3

square

#E38F40 #43E340 #4094E3 #E140E3

split-complementary

#E38F40 #40E3E1 #4043E3

monochromatic

#935216 #C8701D #E38F40 #EBAE75 #F3CEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E38F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#E38F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38F40

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38F40	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)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b079',
    500: '#e38f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38f40;
$custom-light: #f1b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.08,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38F40

secondary

#9EC0E1

accent

#97F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38F40

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

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