#E49972#E49972

#E49972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.105 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49972
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 23.85, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 39.82, 53.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.07 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.105 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4260, 40.4951, 21.2875)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49972 #72BDE4

analogous

#E47284 #E49972 #E4D272

triadic

#E49972 #72E499 #9972E4

tetradic

#E49972 #84E472 #72BDE4 #D272E4

square

#E49972 #84E472 #72BDE4 #D272E4

split-complementary

#E49972 #72E4D2 #7284E4

monochromatic

#B85623 #DA743F #E49972 #EEBEA5 #F8E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E49972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E49972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49972

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49972	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F68C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.105 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b79b',
    500: '#e49972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49972;
$custom-light: #f0b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49972

secondary

#C7DFEB

accent

#90D016

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49972

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

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