#E48C57#E48C57

#E48C57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C57
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 28.62, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 50.85, 55.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0808 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.127 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0964, 35.9424, 13.6829)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C57 #57AFE4

analogous

#E45769 #E48C57 #E4D357

triadic

#E48C57 #57E48C #8C57E4

tetradic

#E48C57 #69E457 #57AFE4 #D357E4

square

#E48C57 #69E457 #57AFE4 #D357E4

split-complementary

#E48C57 #57E4D3 #5769E4

monochromatic

#A64F1B #DB6823 #E48C57 #ECB08C #F5D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E48C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#E48C57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C57

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C57	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae88',
    500: '#e48c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c57;
$custom-light: #f1ae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.553,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C57

secondary

#B1D2E6

accent

#8BD411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C57

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

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