#E48A51#E48A51

#E48A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A51
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(23, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 29.29, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 53.27, 56.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0819 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.132 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5718, 35.2693, 12.3486)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A51 #51ABE4

analogous

#E45162 #E48A51 #E4D351

triadic

#E48A51 #51E48A #8A51E4

tetradic

#E48A51 #62E451 #51ABE4 #D351E4

square

#E48A51 #62E451 #51ABE4 #D351E4

split-complementary

#E48A51 #51E4D3 #5162E4

monochromatic

#A24E19 #D76821 #E48A51 #ECAE86 #F4D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#E48A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#E48A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A51

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A51	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4944C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ad83',
    500: '#e48a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a51;
$custom-light: #f2ad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.265,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A51

secondary

#ACCFE4

accent

#89D510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A51

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

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