#E48A59#E48A59

#E48A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A59
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 29.82, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 50.27, 53.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0847 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.128 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8897, 35.3964, 14.0227)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A59 #59B3E4

analogous

#E4596E #E48A59 #E4D059

triadic

#E48A59 #59E48A #8A59E4

tetradic

#E48A59 #6EE459 #59B3E4 #D059E4

square

#E48A59 #6EE459 #59B3E4 #D059E4

split-complementary

#E48A59 #59E4D0 #596EE4

monochromatic

#A74D1B #DB6524 #E48A59 #EDAF8E #F5D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E48A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#E48A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A59

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A59	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad89',
    500: '#e48a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a59;
$custom-light: #f1ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.151,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7185,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A59

secondary

#B3D4E6

accent

#8FD411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A59

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

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