#E49B5D#E49B5D
#E49B5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49B5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 155, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 59.2%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.99, 21.06, 43.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.99, 48.00, 63.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.91% 0.0589 0.1017) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.91% 0.117 59.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6949, 40.7308, 15.8090) |
| Luminance | 0.4073 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.26
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.73
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.58
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.09
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.09
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49B5D #5DA6E4
analogous
#E45D62 #E49B5D #E4DF5D
triadic
#E49B5D #5DE49B #9B5DE4
tetradic
#E49B5D #62E45D #5DA6E4 #DF5DE4
square
#E49B5D #62E45D #5DA6E4 #DF5DE4
split-complementary
#E49B5D #5DE4DF #5D62E4
monochromatic
#AA5E1C #DB7B29 #E49B5D #EDBB91 #F5DCC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E49B5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.15
#E49B5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49B5D
9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49B5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49B5D | 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)
#B1A157
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B25E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49b5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 155, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 59.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b88c',
500: '#e49b5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49b5d; $custom-light: #f0b88c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49b5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 155,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.556,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74907,
"c": 0.11749,
"h": 59.9
},
"luminance": 0.40727
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49B5D
secondary
#B6D0E7
accent
#7BD312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D