#E49140#E49140

#E49140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.138 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49140
RGB	rgb(228, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 24.65, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 59.60, 65.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0654 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.138 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0491, 37.1191, 9.7470)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49140 #4093E4

analogous

#E44041 #E49140 #E4E340

triadic

#E49140 #40E491 #9140E4

tetradic

#E49140 #41E440 #4093E4 #E340E4

square

#E49140 #41E440 #4093E4 #E340E4

split-complementary

#E49140 #40E4E3 #4041E4

monochromatic

#955415 #CA721D #E49140 #ECB076 #F3CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E49140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#E49140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49140

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49140	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F97E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.138 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b179',
    500: '#e49140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49140;
$custom-light: #f2b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.634,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49140

secondary

#9FC0E1

accent

#95F236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49140

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

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