#E49555#E49555

#E49555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49555
RGB	rgb(228, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 23.71, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 51.24, 62.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0657 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.124 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3851, 38.6487, 13.7149)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49555 #55A4E4

analogous

#E4555D #E49555 #E4DD55

triadic

#E49555 #55E495 #9555E4

tetradic

#E49555 #5DE455 #55A4E4 #DD55E4

square

#E49555 #5DE455 #55A4E4 #DD55E4

split-complementary

#E49555 #55E4DD #555DE4

monochromatic

#A4581A #D97423 #E49555 #ECB68A #F5D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#E49555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#E49555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49555

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49555	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b487',
    500: '#e49555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49555;
$custom-light: #f1b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.853,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49555

secondary

#B0CDE5

accent

#7DD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49555

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

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