#E49B4E#E49B4E
#E49B4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49B4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 155, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.82, 20.07, 50.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.82, 54.23, 68.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.72% 0.0538 0.1154) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.72% 0.127 65) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.0945, 40.4906, 12.6467) |
| Luminance | 0.4049 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.26
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.09
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.23
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.62
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.01
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49B4E #4E97E4
analogous
#E4504E #E49B4E #E2E44E
triadic
#E49B4E #4EE49B #9B4EE4
tetradic
#E49B4E #4EE450 #4E97E4 #E44EE2
square
#E49B4E #4EE450 #4E97E4 #E44EE2
split-complementary
#E49B4E #4EE2E4 #504EE4
monochromatic
#9F5E18 #D47D20 #E49B4E #ECB983 #F4D7B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E49B4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.10
#E49B4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49B4E
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49B4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49B4E | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.10 | 9.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A146
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B14F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49b4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 155, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 65.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b882',
500: '#e49b4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49b4e; $custom-light: #f1b882; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49b4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 155,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.8,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74721,
"c": 0.12737,
"h": 65
},
"luminance": 0.40487
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49B4E
secondary
#AAC6E4
accent
#91F038
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C