#E48A56#E48A56

#E48A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.129 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A56
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 29.61, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 51.39, 54.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0836 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.129 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7663, 35.3470, 13.3727)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A56 #56B0E4

analogous

#E45669 #E48A56 #E4D156

triadic

#E48A56 #56E48A #8A56E4

tetradic

#E48A56 #69E456 #56B0E4 #D156E4

square

#E48A56 #69E456 #56B0E4 #D156E4

split-complementary

#E48A56 #56E4D1 #5669E4

monochromatic

#A54D1A #DA6623 #E48A56 #ECAF8B #F5D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E48A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#E48A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A56

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A56	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)

#A39451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.129 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad87',
    500: '#e48a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a56;
$custom-light: #f1ad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.972,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A56

secondary

#B0D2E5

accent

#8DD511

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A56

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

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