#E39E40#E39E40

#E39E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E39E40
RGB	rgb(227, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 17.29, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 59.81, 73.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0437 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.135 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8340, 41.1586, 10.4326)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E39E40 #4085E3

analogous

#E34D40 #E39E40 #D7E340

triadic

#E39E40 #40E39E #9E40E3

tetradic

#E39E40 #40E34D #4085E3 #E340D7

square

#E39E40 #40E34D #4085E3 #E340D7

split-complementary

#E39E40 #40D7E3 #4D40E3

monochromatic

#935E16 #C8801D #E39E40 #EBB975 #F3D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E39E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#E39E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E39E40

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E39E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E39E40	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e39e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba7a',
    500: '#e39e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e39e40;
$custom-light: #f1ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e39e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.601,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E39E40

secondary

#9EBAE1

accent

#86F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E39E40

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

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