#E49A56#E49A56

#E49A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49A56
RGB	rgb(228, 154, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 21.11, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 50.88, 65.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0581 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.122 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2332, 40.2809, 14.1950)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49A56 #56A0E4

analogous

#E45659 #E49A56 #E4E156

triadic

#E49A56 #56E49A #9A56E4

tetradic

#E49A56 #59E456 #56A0E4 #E156E4

square

#E49A56 #59E456 #56A0E4 #E156E4

split-complementary

#E49A56 #56E4E1 #5659E4

monochromatic

#A55D1A #DA7B23 #E49A56 #ECBA8B #F5D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E49A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#E49A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49A56

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49A56	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 154, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b887',
    500: '#e49a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49a56;
$custom-light: #f1b887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.732,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49A56

secondary

#B0CCE5

accent

#77D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49A56

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

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