#E3A738#E3A738

#E3A738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A738
RGB	rgb(227, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 12.14, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 63.80, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0277 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.14 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2142, 44.2575, 9.8492)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A738 #3874E3

analogous

#E35138 #E3A738 #CAE338

triadic

#E3A738 #38E3A7 #A738E3

tetradic

#E3A738 #38E351 #3874E3 #E338CA

square

#E3A738 #38E351 #3874E3 #E338CA

split-complementary

#E3A738 #38CAE3 #5138E3

monochromatic

#8D6214 #C2881B #E3A738 #EBBF6E #F2D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E3A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E3A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A738

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A738	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c076',
    500: '#e3a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a738;
$custom-light: #f1c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.947,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76653,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A738

secondary

#98B1DF

accent

#78F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A738

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