#E48E41#E48E41

#E48E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48E41
RGB	rgb(228, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 71.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 26.29, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 59.25, 63.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0704 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.138 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6254, 36.2259, 9.7475)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48E41 #4197E4

analogous

#E44145 #E48E41 #E4E041

triadic

#E48E41 #41E48E #8E41E4

tetradic

#E48E41 #45E441 #4197E4 #E041E4

square

#E48E41 #45E441 #4197E4 #E041E4

split-complementary

#E48E41 #41E4E0 #4145E4

monochromatic

#955215 #CB6F1D #E48E41 #ECAE77 #F3CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E48E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#E48E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48E41

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48E41	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F97B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2af79',
    500: '#e48e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48e41;
$custom-light: #f2af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.344,
    "s": 75.115,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48E41

secondary

#9FC2E1

accent

#99F236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48E41

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

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