#E68A38#E68A38

#E68A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.146 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E68A38
RGB	rgb(230, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 75.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 28.83, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 63.40, 62.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0766 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.146 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4390, 35.2899, 8.3173)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E68A38 #3894E6

analogous

#E6383D #E68A38 #E6E138

triadic

#E68A38 #38E68A #8A38E6

tetradic

#E68A38 #3DE638 #3894E6 #E138E6

square

#E68A38 #3DE638 #3894E6 #E138E6

split-complementary

#E68A38 #38E6E1 #383DE6

monochromatic

#914E12 #C86B19 #E68A38 #EDAA6E #F4CAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#E68A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#E68A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E68A38

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E68A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E68A38	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e68a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.146 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ac74',
    500: '#e68a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e68a38;
$custom-light: #f4ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e68a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.276,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E68A38

secondary

#99BFE1

accent

#99F434

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181008

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E68A38

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

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