#E48B59#E48B59

#E48B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48B59
RGB	rgb(228, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 29.29, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 50.18, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0831 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.127 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0338, 35.6847, 14.0707)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48B59 #59B2E4

analogous

#E4596C #E48B59 #E4D159

triadic

#E48B59 #59E48B #8B59E4

tetradic

#E48B59 #6CE459 #59B2E4 #D159E4

square

#E48B59 #6CE459 #59B2E4 #D159E4

split-complementary

#E48B59 #59E4D1 #596CE4

monochromatic

#A74E1B #DB6624 #E48B59 #EDB08E #F5D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E48B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#E48B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48B59

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48B59	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ad89',
    500: '#e48b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48b59;
$custom-light: #f1ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.583,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48B59

secondary

#B3D4E6

accent

#8ED411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48B59

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

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