#E49A6E#E49A6E
#E49A6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49A6E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 154, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(22, 69%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(22, 52%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 51.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.99, 22.96, 34.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.99, 41.23, 56.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.99% 0.0669 0.0832) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.99% 0.107 51.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3676, 40.7347, 20.1693) |
| Luminance | 0.4073 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 5.71
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 5.92
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.97
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.08
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.33
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49A6E #6EB8E4
analogous
#E46E7D #E49A6E #E4D56E
triadic
#E49A6E #6EE49A #9A6EE4
tetradic
#E49A6E #7DE46E #6EB8E4 #D56EE4
square
#E49A6E #7DE46E #6EB8E4 #D56EE4
split-complementary
#E49A6E #6EE4D5 #6E7DE4
monochromatic
#B65922 #DA763A #E49A6E #EEBEA2 #F7E2D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E49A6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.15
#E49A6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49A6E
9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49A6E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49A6E | 1.00 | 2.30 | 9.15 | 9.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFA16A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B16E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F68C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49a6e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 154, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 51.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b898',
500: '#e49a6e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49a6e; $custom-light: #f0b898; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49a6e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 154,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 22.373,
"s": 68.605,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74986,
"c": 0.10673,
"h": 51.2
},
"luminance": 0.40731
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49A6E
secondary
#C4DCEA
accent
#8BD115
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E