#E48C55#E48C55

#E48C55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C55
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 28.49, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 51.60, 56.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0801 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.129 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0159, 35.9102, 13.2585)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C55 #55ADE4

analogous

#E45566 #E48C55 #E4D455

triadic

#E48C55 #55E48C #8C55E4

tetradic

#E48C55 #66E455 #55ADE4 #D455E4

square

#E48C55 #66E455 #55ADE4 #D455E4

split-complementary

#E48C55 #55E4D4 #5566E4

monochromatic

#A44F1A #D96923 #E48C55 #ECB08A #F5D3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E48C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#E48C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C55

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C55	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae86',
    500: '#e48c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c55;
$custom-light: #f1ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C55

secondary

#B0D1E5

accent

#89D511

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C55

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

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