#E49856#E49856

#E49856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49856
RGB	rgb(228, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 22.17, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 50.84, 64.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0613 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.123 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9059, 39.6263, 14.0859)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49856 #56A2E4

analogous

#E4565B #E49856 #E4DF56

triadic

#E49856 #56E498 #9856E4

tetradic

#E49856 #5BE456 #56A2E4 #DF56E4

square

#E49856 #5BE456 #56A2E4 #DF56E4

split-complementary

#E49856 #56E4DF #565BE4

monochromatic

#A55B1A #DA7823 #E49856 #ECB88B #F5D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E49856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#E49856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49856

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49856	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b687',
    500: '#e49856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49856;
$custom-light: #f1b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.887,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49856

secondary

#B0CDE5

accent

#7AD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49856

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

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