#E39C40#E39C40

#E39C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E39C40
RGB	rgb(227, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 18.36, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 59.66, 72.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0469 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.135 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4957, 40.4819, 10.3198)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E39C40 #4087E3

analogous

#E34B40 #E39C40 #D9E340

triadic

#E39C40 #40E39C #9C40E3

tetradic

#E39C40 #40E34B #4087E3 #E340D9

square

#E39C40 #40E34B #4087E3 #E340D9

split-complementary

#E39C40 #40D9E3 #4B40E3

monochromatic

#935C16 #C87E1D #E39C40 #EBB875 #F3D3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E39C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E39C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E39C40

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E39C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E39C40	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e39c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b97a',
    500: '#e39c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e39c40;
$custom-light: #f1b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e39c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.865,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E39C40

secondary

#9EBBE1

accent

#88F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E39C40

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

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