#E48959#E48959

#E48959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48959
RGB	rgb(228, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 30.35, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 50.38, 52.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0863 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.128 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7469, 35.1108, 13.9751)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48959 #59B4E4

analogous

#E4596F #E48959 #E4CE59

triadic

#E48959 #59E489 #8959E4

tetradic

#E48959 #6FE459 #59B4E4 #CE59E4

square

#E48959 #6FE459 #59B4E4 #CE59E4

split-complementary

#E48959 #59E4CE #596FE4

monochromatic

#A74C1B #DB6424 #E48959 #EDAE8E #F5D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#E48959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#E48959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48959

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48959	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac89',
    500: '#e48959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48959;
$custom-light: #f1ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.719,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7168,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48959

secondary

#B3D4E6

accent

#91D411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48959

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

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