#E48E57#E48E57

#E48E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48E57
RGB	rgb(228, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 27.56, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 50.70, 57.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0776 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.126 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3913, 36.5322, 13.7812)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48E57 #57ADE4

analogous

#E45767 #E48E57 #E4D457

triadic

#E48E57 #57E48E #8E57E4

tetradic

#E48E57 #67E457 #57ADE4 #D457E4

square

#E48E57 #67E457 #57ADE4 #D457E4

split-complementary

#E48E57 #57E4D4 #5767E4

monochromatic

#A6511B #DB6B23 #E48E57 #ECB18C #F5D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E48E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#E48E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48E57

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48E57	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af88',
    500: '#e48e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48e57;
$custom-light: #f1af88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.404,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48E57

secondary

#B1D1E6

accent

#88D411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48E57

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

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