#E49B5F#E49B5F
#E49B5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49B5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 155, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 58.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.01, 21.21, 42.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.01, 47.18, 63.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.94% 0.0596 0.0997) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.94% 0.116 59.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.7847, 40.7667, 16.2817) |
| Luminance | 0.4076 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.37
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.74
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.79
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.98
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.25
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49B5F #5FA8E4
analogous
#E45F65 #E49B5F #E4DE5F
triadic
#E49B5F #5FE49B #9B5FE4
tetradic
#E49B5F #65E45F #5FA8E4 #DE5FE4
square
#E49B5F #65E45F #5FA8E4 #DE5FE4
split-complementary
#E49B5F #5FE4DE #5F65E4
monochromatic
#AC5D1D #DB7A2B #E49B5F #EDBC93 #F6DCC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E49B5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.15
#E49B5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49B5F
9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49B5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49B5F | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.15 | 9.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 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)
#B1A15A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B260
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49b5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 155, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 59.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b88e',
500: '#e49b5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49b5f; $custom-light: #f0b88e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49b5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 155,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.068,
"s": 71.123,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74935,
"c": 0.11615,
"h": 59.1
},
"luminance": 0.40763
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49B5F
secondary
#B8D2E7
accent
#7CD312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D