#E49265#E49265

#E49265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49265
RGB	rgb(228, 146, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 26.47, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 45.13, 54.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0763 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.116 49)
XYZ	xyz(44.6256, 37.9953, 17.2930)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49265 #65B7E4

analogous

#E46578 #E49265 #E4D265

triadic

#E49265 #65E492 #9265E4

tetradic

#E49265 #78E465 #65B7E4 #D265E4

square

#E49265 #78E465 #65B7E4 #D265E4

split-complementary

#E49265 #65E4D2 #6578E4

monochromatic

#B0521F #DB6D31 #E49265 #EDB799 #F6DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#E49265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#E49265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49265

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49265	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 146, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b291',
    500: '#e49265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49265;
$custom-light: #f0b291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.26,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73416,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.37991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49265

secondary

#BCD9E8

accent

#8FD213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49265

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

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