#E48A61#E48A61

#E48A61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48A61
RGB	rgb(228, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(19, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 30.40, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 47.40, 50.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0876 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.124 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2441, 35.5381, 15.8890)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48A61 #61BBE4

analogous

#E46179 #E48A61 #E4CC61

triadic

#E48A61 #61E48A #8A61E4

tetradic

#E48A61 #79E461 #61BBE4 #CC61E4

square

#E48A61 #79E461 #61BBE4 #CC61E4

split-complementary

#E48A61 #61E4CC #6179E4

monochromatic

#AD4A1E #DB632D #E48A61 #EDB195 #F6D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E48A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#E48A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48A61

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48A61	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad8e',
    500: '#e48a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48a61;
$custom-light: #f1ad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.779,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7197,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48A61

secondary

#B9D9E7

accent

#97D313

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48A61

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