#E49C4F#E49C4F

#E49C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C4F
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 19.59, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 53.86, 68.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0526 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.127 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2978, 40.8393, 12.8927)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C4F #4F97E4

analogous

#E4524F #E49C4F #E1E44F

triadic

#E49C4F #4FE49C #9C4FE4

tetradic

#E49C4F #4FE452 #4F97E4 #E44FE1

square

#E49C4F #4FE452 #4F97E4 #E44FE1

split-complementary

#E49C4F #4FE1E4 #524FE4

monochromatic

#A05F19 #D57E21 #E49C4F #ECBA84 #F4D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E49C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#E49C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C4F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C4F	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b983',
    500: '#e49c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c4f;
$custom-light: #f1b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.007,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C4F

secondary

#ABC6E4

accent

#6FD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C4F

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

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