#E48A57#E48A57

#E48A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.129 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A57
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 29.68, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 51.01, 54.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.084 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.129 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8069, 35.3633, 13.5864)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A57 #57B1E4

analogous

#E4576B #E48A57 #E4D157

triadic

#E48A57 #57E48A #8A57E4

tetradic

#E48A57 #6BE457 #57B1E4 #D157E4

square

#E48A57 #6BE457 #57B1E4 #D157E4

split-complementary

#E48A57 #57E4D1 #576BE4

monochromatic

#A64D1B #DB6623 #E48A57 #ECAF8C #F5D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E48A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#E48A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A57

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A57	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)

#A39452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.129 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad88',
    500: '#e48a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a57;
$custom-light: #f1ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.702,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A57

secondary

#B1D3E6

accent

#8ED411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A57

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

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