#E49040#E49040

#E49040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49040
RGB	rgb(228, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 25.18, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 59.61, 65.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.067 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.138 61)
XYZ	xyz(42.8970, 36.8149, 9.6963)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49040 #4094E4

analogous

#E44042 #E49040 #E4E240

triadic

#E49040 #40E490 #9040E4

tetradic

#E49040 #42E440 #4094E4 #E240E4

square

#E49040 #42E440 #4094E4 #E240E4

split-complementary

#E49040 #40E4E2 #4042E4

monochromatic

#955315 #CA711D #E49040 #ECAF76 #F3CEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E49040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#E49040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49040

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49040	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F97D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b179',
    500: '#e49040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49040;
$custom-light: #f2b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.268,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49040

secondary

#9FC1E1

accent

#96F236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49040

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

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