#E49240#E49240

#E49240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.138 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49240
RGB	rgb(228, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 24.11, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 59.60, 66.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0638 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.138 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2026, 37.4261, 9.7982)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49240 #4092E4

analogous

#E44040 #E49240 #E4E440

triadic

#E49240 #40E492 #9240E4

tetradic

#E49240 #40E440 #4092E4 #E440E4

square

#E49240 #40E440 #4092E4 #E440E4

split-complementary

#E49240 #40E4E4 #4040E4

monochromatic

#955515 #CA731D #E49240 #ECB176 #F3CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#E49240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#E49240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49240

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49240	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b279',
    500: '#e49240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49240;
$custom-light: #f2b279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49240

secondary

#9FC0E1

accent

#94F236

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49240

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

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