#E49B59#E49B59

#E49B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49B59
RGB	rgb(228, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 20.78, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 49.66, 65.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0575 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.12 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5224, 40.6618, 14.9002)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49B59 #59A2E4

analogous

#E4595D #E49B59 #E4E059

triadic

#E49B59 #59E49B #9B59E4

tetradic

#E49B59 #5DE459 #59A2E4 #E059E4

square

#E49B59 #5DE459 #59A2E4 #E059E4

split-complementary

#E49B59 #59E4E0 #595DE4

monochromatic

#A75E1B #DB7B24 #E49B59 #EDBB8E #F5DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E49B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#E49B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49B59

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49B59	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b88a',
    500: '#e49b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49b59;
$custom-light: #f1b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.489,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49B59

secondary

#B3CEE6

accent

#78D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49B59

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

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