#E49C3D#E49C3D

#E49C3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C3D
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(34, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 73.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 18.64, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 61.10, 72.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0473 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.137 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7290, 40.6118, 9.8971)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C3D #3D85E4

analogous

#E4493D #E49C3D #D8E43D

triadic

#E49C3D #3DE49C #9C3DE4

tetradic

#E49C3D #3DE449 #3D85E4 #E43DD8

square

#E49C3D #3DE449 #3D85E4 #E43DD8

split-complementary

#E49C3D #3DD8E4 #493DE4

monochromatic

#925C14 #C87E1C #E49C3D #EBB773 #F3D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E49C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#E49C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C3D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C3D	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)

#B4A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b978',
    500: '#e49c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c3d;
$custom-light: #f2b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.132,
    "s": 75.566,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C3D

secondary

#9CBAE1

accent

#87F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C3D

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

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