#E49556#E49556

#E49556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49556
RGB	rgb(228, 149, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 23.77, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 50.84, 62.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.066 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.124 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4251, 38.6647, 13.9256)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49556 #56A5E4

analogous

#E4565E #E49556 #E4DC56

triadic

#E49556 #56E495 #9556E4

tetradic

#E49556 #5EE456 #56A5E4 #DC56E4

square

#E49556 #5EE456 #56A5E4 #DC56E4

split-complementary

#E49556 #56E4DC #565EE4

monochromatic

#A5581A #DA7423 #E49556 #ECB68B #F5D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#E49556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#E49556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49556

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49556	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#AD9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 149, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b487',
    500: '#e49556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49556;
$custom-light: #f1b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.62,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49556

secondary

#B0CEE5

accent

#7ED511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49556

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

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