#E49B56#E49B56
#E49B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49B56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 155, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 62.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.90, 20.57, 46.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.90, 50.91, 66.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.82% 0.0565 0.1083) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.82% 0.122 62.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.3990, 40.6124, 14.2503) |
| Luminance | 0.4061 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.41
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.13
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.15
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.83
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.29
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49B56 #569FE4
analogous
#E45658 #E49B56 #E4E256
triadic
#E49B56 #56E49B #9B56E4
tetradic
#E49B56 #58E456 #569FE4 #E256E4
square
#E49B56 #58E456 #569FE4 #E256E4
split-complementary
#E49B56 #56E4E2 #5658E4
monochromatic
#A55E1A #DA7C23 #E49B56 #ECBA8B #F5D9C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E49B56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.12
#E49B56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49B56
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49B56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49B56 | 1.00 | 2.30 | 9.12 | 9.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A14F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B157
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49b56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 155, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 62.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b888',
500: '#e49b56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49b56; $custom-light: #f1b888; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49b56",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 155,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.155,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74815,
"c": 0.12216,
"h": 62.5
},
"luminance": 0.40609
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49B56
secondary
#B0CCE5
accent
#76D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C