#E48E59#E48E59

#E48E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.125 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48E59
RGB	rgb(228, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 27.70, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 49.94, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0783 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.125 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4742, 36.5654, 14.2175)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48E59 #59AFE4

analogous

#E45969 #E48E59 #E4D459

triadic

#E48E59 #59E48E #8E59E4

tetradic

#E48E59 #69E459 #59AFE4 #D459E4

square

#E48E59 #69E459 #59AFE4 #D459E4

split-complementary

#E48E59 #59E4D4 #5969E4

monochromatic

#A7511B #DB6A24 #E48E59 #EDB28E #F5D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E48E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#E48E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48E59

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48E59	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)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F87D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.125 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af89',
    500: '#e48e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48e59;
$custom-light: #f1af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.878,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72539,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48E59

secondary

#B3D2E6

accent

#8AD411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48E59

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

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