#E48C59#E48C59

#E48C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.126 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C59
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 28.76, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 50.09, 54.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0815 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.126 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1793, 35.9756, 14.1192)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C59 #59B1E4

analogous

#E4596C #E48C59 #E4D159

triadic

#E48C59 #59E48C #8C59E4

tetradic

#E48C59 #6CE459 #59B1E4 #D159E4

square

#E48C59 #6CE459 #59B1E4 #D159E4

split-complementary

#E48C59 #59E4D1 #596CE4

monochromatic

#A74F1B #DB6824 #E48C59 #EDB08E #F5D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E48C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#E48C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C59

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C59	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)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.126 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae89',
    500: '#e48c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c59;
$custom-light: #f1ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.014,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C59

secondary

#B3D3E6

accent

#8DD411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →