#E49C42#E49C42

#E49C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C42
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 18.88, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 59.15, 71.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0486 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.135 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8700, 40.6682, 10.6398)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C42 #428AE4

analogous

#E44B42 #E49C42 #DBE442

triadic

#E49C42 #42E49C #9C42E4

tetradic

#E49C42 #42E44B #428AE4 #E442DB

square

#E49C42 #42E44B #428AE4 #E442DB

split-complementary

#E49C42 #42DBE4 #4B42E4

monochromatic

#965D15 #CC7E1D #E49C42 #ECB878 #F3D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E49C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#E49C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C42

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C42	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b97b',
    500: '#e49c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c42;
$custom-light: #f2b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C42

secondary

#A0BDE2

accent

#89F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C42

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

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