#E76838#E76838

#E76838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.170 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E76838
RGB	rgb(231, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 75.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 46.46, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 67.97, 46.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.1297 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.17 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6230, 27.1801, 6.9531)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E76838 #38B7E7

analogous

#E73860 #E76838 #E7C038

triadic

#E76838 #38E768 #6838E7

tetradic

#E76838 #60E738 #38B7E7 #C038E7

square

#E76838 #60E738 #38B7E7 #C038E7

split-complementary

#E76838 #38E7C0 #3860E7

monochromatic

#933512 #CA4918 #E76838 #EE916F #F4BBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E76838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E76838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E76838

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E76838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E76838	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e76838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.170 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69671',
    500: '#e76838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e76838;
$custom-light: #f69671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e76838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.457,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66526,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E76838

secondary

#99CEE1

accent

#C0F533

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E76838

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

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