#E49559#E49559
#E49559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.122 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49559 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 149, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 61%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.54, 23.98, 43.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.54, 49.63, 61.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.77% 0.0671 0.1019) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.77% 0.122 56.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.5486, 38.7141, 14.5756) |
| Luminance | 0.3871 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.75
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.50
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.14
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.19
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.88
Dusty Orange
#F0833A
ΔE00 5.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49559 #59A8E4
analogous
#E45963 #E49559 #E4DA59
triadic
#E49559 #59E495 #9559E4
tetradic
#E49559 #63E459 #59A8E4 #DA59E4
square
#E49559 #63E459 #59A8E4 #DA59E4
split-complementary
#E49559 #59E4DA #5963E4
monochromatic
#A7581B #DB7324 #E49559 #EDB78E #F5D8C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.40
#E49559 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.74
#E49559 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49559
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49559 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49559 | 1.00 | 2.40 | 8.74 | 8.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9D54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAE59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78587
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49559; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 149, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.122 56.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b489',
500: '#e49559',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49559; $custom-light: #f1b489; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49559",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 149,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.899,
"s": 72.021,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73772,
"c": 0.12201,
"h": 56.6
},
"luminance": 0.3871
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49559
secondary
#B3D0E6
accent
#80D411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D