#E49551#E49551

#E49551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49551
RGB	rgb(228, 149, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 23.45, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 52.86, 63.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0643 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.127 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2307, 38.5870, 12.9016)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49551 #51A0E4

analogous

#E45156 #E49551 #E4DE51

triadic

#E49551 #51E495 #9551E4

tetradic

#E49551 #56E451 #51A0E4 #DE51E4

square

#E49551 #56E451 #51A0E4 #DE51E4

split-complementary

#E49551 #51E4DE #5156E4

monochromatic

#A25819 #D77521 #E49551 #ECB586 #F4D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#E49551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#E49551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49551

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49551	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 149, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b484',
    500: '#e49551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49551;
$custom-light: #f1b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.755,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49551

secondary

#ACCAE4

accent

#7AD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49551

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

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