#E48D59#E48D59

#E48D59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48D59
RGB	rgb(228, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 28.23, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 50.01, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0799 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.126 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3261, 36.2691, 14.1681)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48D59 #59B0E4

analogous

#E4596B #E48D59 #E4D359

triadic

#E48D59 #59E48D #8D59E4

tetradic

#E48D59 #6BE459 #59B0E4 #D359E4

square

#E48D59 #6BE459 #59B0E4 #D359E4

split-complementary

#E48D59 #59E4D3 #596BE4

monochromatic

#A7501B #DB6924 #E48D59 #EDB18E #F5D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E48D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#E48D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48D59

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48D59	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af89',
    500: '#e48d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48d59;
$custom-light: #f1af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.446,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48D59

secondary

#B3D3E6

accent

#8BD411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48D59

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

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