#E48C5C#E48C5C

#E48C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48C5C
RGB	rgb(228, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 28.97, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 48.98, 53.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0826 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.125 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3078, 36.0270, 14.7962)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48C5C #5CB4E4

analogous

#E45C70 #E48C5C #E4D05C

triadic

#E48C5C #5CE48C #8C5CE4

tetradic

#E48C5C #70E45C #5CB4E4 #D05CE4

square

#E48C5C #70E45C #5CB4E4 #D05CE4

split-complementary

#E48C5C #5CE4D0 #5C70E4

monochromatic

#AA4E1C #DB6727 #E48C5C #EDB191 #F5D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E48C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#E48C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48C5C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48C5C	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ae8b',
    500: '#e48c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48c5c;
$custom-light: #f1ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48C5C

secondary

#B5D5E7

accent

#8FD412

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48C5C

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

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