#E49C4A#E49C4A

#E49C4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C4A
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 74)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 19.30, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 55.93, 69.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.051 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.13 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1226, 40.7692, 11.9700)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C4A #4A92E4

analogous

#E44F4A #E49C4A #DFE44A

triadic

#E49C4A #4AE49C #9C4AE4

tetradic

#E49C4A #4AE44F #4A92E4 #E44ADF

square

#E49C4A #4AE44F #4A92E4 #E44ADF

split-complementary

#E49C4A #4ADFE4 #4F4AE4

monochromatic

#9C5E17 #D27E1F #E49C4A #ECB97F #F4D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E49C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#E49C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C4A

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C4A	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)

#B4A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b980',
    500: '#e49c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c4a;
$custom-light: #f1b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.948,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C4A

secondary

#A7C3E3

accent

#8EF137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C4A

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

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