#E49C43#E49C43

#E49C43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.134 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E49C43
RGBrgb(228, 156, 67)
HSLhsl(33, 75%, 58%)
HSVhsv(33, 71%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.6%, 70.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.95, 18.93, 55.62)
CIE-LCHlch(69.95, 58.75, 71.21°)
OKLaboklab(74.79% 0.0489 0.1248)
OKLCHoklch(74.79% 0.134 68.6)
XYZxyz(44.8997, 40.6801, 10.7964)
Luminance0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E49C43 #438BE4
analogous
#E44B43 #E49C43 #DBE443
triadic
#E49C43 #43E49C #9C43E4
tetradic
#E49C43 #43E44B #438BE4 #E443DB
square
#E49C43 #43E44B #438BE4 #E443DB
split-complementary
#E49C43 #43DBE4 #4B43E4
monochromatic
#975D16 #CC7E1D #E49C43 #ECB879 #F3D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#E49C43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#E49C43 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C43
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E49C43#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E49C431.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A138
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B245
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88B89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e49c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.134 68.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b97b',
    500: '#e49c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e49c43;
$custom-light: #f2b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e49c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.168,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74792,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E49C43
secondary
#A1BEE2
accent
#8AF236
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C

Preview Lab

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#E49C43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva