#E39C42#E39C42

#E39C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E39C42
RGB	rgb(227, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 18.46, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 58.87, 71.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0474 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.134 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5536, 40.5050, 10.6250)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E39C42 #4289E3

analogous

#E34B42 #E39C42 #DAE342

triadic

#E39C42 #42E39C #9C42E3

tetradic

#E39C42 #42E34B #4289E3 #E342DA

square

#E39C42 #42E34B #4289E3 #E342DA

split-complementary

#E39C42 #42DAE3 #4B42E3

monochromatic

#955D16 #CA7E1E #E39C42 #EBB877 #F3D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E39C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E39C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E39C42

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E39C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E39C42	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e39c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b97b',
    500: '#e39c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e39c42;
$custom-light: #f1b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e39c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.54,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74668,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E39C42

secondary

#A0BDE1

accent

#89F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E39C42

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

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