#E49249#E49249

#E49249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49249
RGB	rgb(228, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 24.58, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 56.08, 64.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0665 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.133 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4797, 37.5369, 11.2575)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49249 #499BE4

analogous

#E4494E #E49249 #E4E049

triadic

#E49249 #49E492 #9249E4

tetradic

#E49249 #4EE449 #499BE4 #E049E4

square

#E49249 #4EE449 #499BE4 #E049E4

split-complementary

#E49249 #49E4E0 #494EE4

monochromatic

#9C5517 #D1731F #E49249 #ECB27E #F4D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#E49249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#E49249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49249

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49249	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b27f',
    500: '#e49249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49249;
$custom-light: #f2b27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49249

secondary

#A6C6E3

accent

#99F137

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49249

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

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