#E48E63#E48E63

#E48E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E48E63
RGB	rgb(228, 142, 99)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 28.44, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 46.23, 52.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.082 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.12 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9230, 36.7449, 16.5812)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E48E63 #63B9E4

analogous

#E46379 #E48E63 #E4CF63

triadic

#E48E63 #63E48E #8E63E4

tetradic

#E48E63 #79E463 #63B9E4 #CF63E4

square

#E48E63 #79E463 #63B9E4 #CF63E4

split-complementary

#E48E63 #63E4CF #6379E4

monochromatic

#AE4E1E #DB682F #E48E63 #EDB497 #F6DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#E48E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#E48E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E48E63

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E48E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E48E63	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F77E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e48e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 142, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1af90',
    500: '#e48e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e48e63;
$custom-light: #f1af90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e48e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E48E63

secondary

#BBD9E8

accent

#93D313

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E48E63

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

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