#E48C3F#E48C3F

#E48C3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C3F
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 63)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 72.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 27.25, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 60.07, 63.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.073 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.14 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2736, 35.6133, 9.3494)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C3F #3F97E4

analogous

#E43F45 #E48C3F #E4DE3F

triadic

#E48C3F #3FE48C #8C3FE4

tetradic

#E48C3F #45E43F #3F97E4 #DE3FE4

square

#E48C3F #45E43F #3F97E4 #DE3FE4

split-complementary

#E48C3F #3FE4DE #3F45E4

monochromatic

#945015 #C96D1C #E48C3F #ECAC75 #F3CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E48C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E48C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C3F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C3F	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9797C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ae78',
    500: '#e48c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c3f;
$custom-light: #f2ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C3F

secondary

#9EC2E1

accent

#9AF236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C3F

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

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