#E48A49#E48A49

#E48A49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.136 H 54.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A49
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(25, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 28.82, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 56.33, 59.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0792 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.136 54.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2893, 35.1563, 10.8607)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A49 #49A3E4

analogous

#E44956 #E48A49 #E4D749

triadic

#E48A49 #49E48A #8A49E4

tetradic

#E48A49 #56E449 #49A3E4 #D749E4

square

#E48A49 #56E449 #49A3E4 #D749E4

split-complementary

#E48A49 #49E4D7 #4956E4

monochromatic

#9C4F17 #D16A1F #E48A49 #ECAC7E #F4CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#E48A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#E48A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A49

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A49	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.136 54.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ac7e',
    500: '#e48a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a49;
$custom-light: #f2ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 54.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A49

secondary

#A6C9E3

accent

#A3F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A49

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

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