#E48A3E#E48A3E

#E48A3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.141 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A3E
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(27, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 72.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 28.26, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 60.52, 62.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0759 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.141 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9564, 35.0231, 9.1070)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A3E #3E98E4

analogous

#E43E45 #E48A3E #E4DD3E

triadic

#E48A3E #3EE48A #8A3EE4

tetradic

#E48A3E #45E43E #3E98E4 #DD3EE4

square

#E48A3E #45E43E #3E98E4 #DD3EE4

split-complementary

#E48A3E #3EE4DD #3E45E4

monochromatic

#934E15 #C96B1C #E48A3E #ECAB74 #F3CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#E48A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#E48A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A3E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A3E	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.141 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ac77',
    500: '#e48a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a3e;
$custom-light: #f2ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.47,
    "s": 75.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71534,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A3E

secondary

#9DC2E1

accent

#9CF236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A3E

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