#E48E55#E48E55

#E48E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48E55
RGB	rgb(228, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(24, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 27.43, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 51.47, 57.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0769 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.127 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3108, 36.5000, 13.3568)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48E55 #55ABE4

analogous

#E45564 #E48E55 #E4D655

triadic

#E48E55 #55E48E #8E55E4

tetradic

#E48E55 #64E455 #55ABE4 #D655E4

square

#E48E55 #64E455 #55ABE4 #D655E4

split-complementary

#E48E55 #55E4D6 #5564E4

monochromatic

#A4511A #D96B23 #E48E55 #ECB18A #F5D4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E48E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#E48E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48E55

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48E55	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af86',
    500: '#e48e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48e55;
$custom-light: #f1af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.916,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72485,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48E55

secondary

#B0D0E5

accent

#87D511

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48E55

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

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