HEX atlas value

#E3963E

#E3963E is a warm orange HEX color nearest Butterscotch. RGB 227, 150, 62, HSL 32° 75% 57%, luminance 0.3849; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#E3963E Sample readable text

HEX #E3963E

RGB rgb(227, 150, 62)

HSL hsl(32 75% 57%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 34, 73, 11)

Luminance 0.3849

Contrast Black 8.7:1White 2.41:1

CSS

--color-e3963e: #E3963E;
.background-e3963e { background-color: #E3963E; }
.text-e3963e { color: #E3963E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E3963E

#E3963E is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #E3963E is visually closest to Butterscotch, a named orange color with HEX #E3963E.

The RGB channels are 227, 150, and 62, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 32deg with 75% saturation and 57% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3849, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.7:1AA Pass

White text2.41:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E3963E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.7:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.41:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#DEE43F#DEE43F · #000000 text · best 15.28:1 #EFC28F#EFC28F · #000000 text · best 12.78:1 Marigold#EAA221 · #000000 text · best 9.69:1 #FC9827#FC9827 · #000000 text · best 9.66:1 Cadmium Orange#ED872D · #000000 text · best 8.1:1

Generated Palette

Butterscotch#E3963E

#3F8CE4#3F8CE4

#E4453F#E4453F

#DEE43F#DEE43F

#EFC28F#EFC28F

#AE6819#AE6819

Color Harmonies

#3F8CE4#3F8CE4

#E4453F#E4453F

#DEE43F#DEE43F

#3FE497#3FE497

#973FE4#973FE4

Variants

#EFC28F#EFC28F

#AE6819#AE6819

#FC9827#FC9827

#CB9557#CB9557

#EDD3B6#EDD3B6

#FFAC4D#FFAC4D

Nearest Named Colors

Butterscotch#E3963E

Cadmium Orange#ED872D

Peru#CD853F

Marigold#EAA221

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Luminance0.3849

Black text8.7:1AA Pass

White text2.41:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E3963E","rgb":[227,150,62],"hsl":[32,75,57],"cmyk":[0,34,73,11],"luminance":0.3849,"contrast":{"black":8.7,"white":2.41}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.7,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.41,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#DEE43F","hex":"#DEE43F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.28,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EFC28F","hex":"#EFC28F","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.78,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Marigold","hex":"#EAA221","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.69,"contrastWhite":2.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FC9827","hex":"#FC9827","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.66,"contrastWhite":2.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Cadmium Orange","hex":"#ED872D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.1,"contrastWhite":2.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Butterscotch adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e3963e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butterscotch.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadmium-orange.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peru.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#3F8CE4","analogous":["#E4453F","#DEE43F"],"triadic":["#3FE497","#973FE4"],"tetradic":["#3FE445","#3F8CE4","#E43FDE"],"splitComplementary":["#3FDEE4","#453FE4"],"monochromatic":["#EFC28F","#E3963E","#AE6819"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EFC28F","dark":"#AE6819","saturated":"#FC9827","desaturated":"#CB9557","pastel":"#EDD3B6","neon":"#FFAC4D"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"butterscotch","name":"Butterscotch","hex":"#E3963E","distance":0},{"slug":"cadmium-orange","name":"Cadmium Orange","hex":"#ED872D","distance":24.779023386727733},{"slug":"peru","name":"Peru","hex":"#CD853F","distance":27.820855486487112},{"slug":"marigold","name":"Marigold","hex":"#EAA221","distance":32.155870381627054},{"slug":"raw-sienna","name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","distance":32.28002478313795}]

#E3963E

CSS

About #E3963E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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