#E48A55#E48A55

#E48A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A55
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(22, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 29.55, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 51.76, 55.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0833 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.13 50)
XYZ	xyz(42.7263, 35.3310, 13.1620)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A55 #55AFE4

analogous

#E45568 #E48A55 #E4D255

triadic

#E48A55 #55E48A #8A55E4

tetradic

#E48A55 #68E455 #55AFE4 #D255E4

square

#E48A55 #68E455 #55AFE4 #D255E4

split-complementary

#E48A55 #55E4D2 #5568E4

monochromatic

#A44D1A #D96623 #E48A55 #ECAE8A #F5D3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E48A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#E48A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A55

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A55	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad86',
    500: '#e48a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a55;
$custom-light: #f1ad86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.238,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.35327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A55

secondary

#B0D1E5

accent

#8CD511

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A55

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

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