#E4974E#E4974E

#E4974E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.128 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4974E
RGB	rgb(228, 151, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 22.20, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 54.10, 65.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0602 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.128 62)
XYZ	xyz(44.4398, 39.1812, 12.4285)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4974E #4E9BE4

analogous

#E44E50 #E4974E #E4E24E

triadic

#E4974E #4EE497 #974EE4

tetradic

#E4974E #50E44E #4E9BE4 #E24EE4

square

#E4974E #50E44E #4E9BE4 #E24EE4

split-complementary

#E4974E #4EE4E2 #4E50E4

monochromatic

#9F5A18 #D47820 #E4974E #ECB683 #F4D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#E4974E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#E4974E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4974E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4974E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4974E	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4974e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 151, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.128 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b582',
    500: '#e4974e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4974e;
$custom-light: #f1b582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4974e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.39177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4974E

secondary

#AAC8E4

accent

#96F038

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4974E

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

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