#E38F51#E38F51

#E38F51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38F51
RGB	rgb(227, 143, 81)
HSL	hsl(25, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 26.24, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 52.63, 60.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0728 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.128 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9894, 36.5740, 12.5784)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38F51 #51A5E3

analogous

#E3515C #E38F51 #E3D851

triadic

#E38F51 #51E38F #8F51E3

tetradic

#E38F51 #5CE351 #51A5E3 #D851E3

square

#E38F51 #5CE351 #51A5E3 #D851E3

split-complementary

#E38F51 #51E3D8 #515CE3

monochromatic

#A0531A #D56E22 #E38F51 #EBB186 #F4D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E38F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#E38F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38F51

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38F51	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)

#A8984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 143, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b084',
    500: '#e38f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38f51;
$custom-light: #f1b084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.479,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38F51

secondary

#ACCCE4

accent

#81D411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38F51

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

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