#E49956#E49956

#E49956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49956
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 21.64, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 50.86, 64.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0597 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.123 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0689, 39.9522, 14.1402)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49956 #56A1E4

analogous

#E4565A #E49956 #E4E056

triadic

#E49956 #56E499 #9956E4

tetradic

#E49956 #5AE456 #56A1E4 #E056E4

square

#E49956 #5AE456 #56A1E4 #E056E4

split-complementary

#E49956 #56E4E0 #565AE4

monochromatic

#A55C1A #DA7923 #E49956 #ECB98B #F5D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E49956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#E49956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49956

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49956	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b787',
    500: '#e49956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49956;
$custom-light: #f1b787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.31,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74452,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49956

secondary

#B0CCE5

accent

#78D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49956

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

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