#E48949#E48949

#E48949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48949
RGB	rgb(228, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(25, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 29.35, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 56.39, 58.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0808 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.136 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1465, 34.8706, 10.8131)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48949 #49A4E4

analogous

#E44957 #E48949 #E4D749

triadic

#E48949 #49E489 #8949E4

tetradic

#E48949 #57E449 #49A4E4 #D749E4

square

#E48949 #57E449 #49A4E4 #D749E4

split-complementary

#E48949 #49E4D7 #4957E4

monochromatic

#9C4E17 #D1681F #E48949 #ECAC7E #F4CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E48949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#E48949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48949

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48949	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ac7e',
    500: '#e48949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48949;
$custom-light: #f2ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.774,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48949

secondary

#A6CAE3

accent

#A4F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48949

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

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