#E49A61#E49A61

#E49A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49A61
RGB	rgb(228, 154, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 21.89, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 46.35, 61.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.062 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.115 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7110, 40.4721, 16.7114)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49A61 #61ABE4

analogous

#E46169 #E49A61 #E4DB61

triadic

#E49A61 #61E49A #9A61E4

tetradic

#E49A61 #69E461 #61ABE4 #DB61E4

square

#E49A61 #69E461 #61ABE4 #DB61E4

split-complementary

#E49A61 #61E4DB #6169E4

monochromatic

#AD5C1E #DB792D #E49A61 #EDBB95 #F6DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E49A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#E49A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49A61

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49A61	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 154, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b88f',
    500: '#e49a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49a61;
$custom-light: #f0b88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49A61

secondary

#B9D3E7

accent

#7FD313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49A61

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

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