#E49959#E49959

#E49959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49959
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 21.84, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 49.62, 63.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0607 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.121 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1923, 40.0016, 14.7902)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49959 #59A4E4

analogous

#E4595F #E49959 #E4DF59

triadic

#E49959 #59E499 #9959E4

tetradic

#E49959 #5FE459 #59A4E4 #DF59E4

square

#E49959 #5FE459 #59A4E4 #DF59E4

split-complementary

#E49959 #59E4DF #595FE4

monochromatic

#A75C1B #DB7924 #E49959 #EDB98E #F5DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E49959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#E49959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49959

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49959	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b789',
    500: '#e49959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49959;
$custom-light: #f1b789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.626,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74491,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49959

secondary

#B3CEE6

accent

#7AD411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49959

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

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