#E49A42#E49A42

#E49A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49A42
RGB	rgb(228, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 19.95, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 59.04, 70.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0518 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.135 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5371, 40.0025, 10.5289)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49A42 #428CE4

analogous

#E44942 #E49A42 #DDE442

triadic

#E49A42 #42E49A #9A42E4

tetradic

#E49A42 #42E449 #428CE4 #E442DD

square

#E49A42 #42E449 #428CE4 #E442DD

split-complementary

#E49A42 #42DDE4 #4942E4

monochromatic

#965B15 #CC7C1D #E49A42 #ECB778 #F3D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E49A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#E49A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49A42

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49A42	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b77b',
    500: '#e49a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49a42;
$custom-light: #f2b77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.593,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49A42

secondary

#A0BEE2

accent

#8CF236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49A42

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

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