#E49A5E#E49A5E
#E49A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49A5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 154, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.77, 21.67, 42.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.77, 47.58, 62.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.74% 0.0609 0.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.74% 0.117 58.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.5738, 40.4172, 15.9886) |
| Luminance | 0.4041 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.52
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.80
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.90
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.05
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49A5E #5EA8E4
analogous
#E45E65 #E49A5E #E4DD5E
triadic
#E49A5E #5EE49A #9A5EE4
tetradic
#E49A5E #65E45E #5EA8E4 #DD5EE4
square
#E49A5E #65E45E #5EA8E4 #DD5EE4
split-complementary
#E49A5E #5EE4DD #5E65E4
monochromatic
#AB5C1D #DB792A #E49A5E #EDBB92 #F6DCC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E49A5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.08
#E49A5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49A5E
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49A5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49A5E | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.08 | 9.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A159
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B15E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49a5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 154, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 58.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b88d',
500: '#e49a5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49a5e; $custom-light: #f0b88d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49a5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 154,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.866,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74739,
"c": 0.1171,
"h": 58.7
},
"luminance": 0.40413
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49A5E
secondary
#B7D1E7
accent
#7DD312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D