#E49C51#E49C51

#E49C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C51
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 19.72, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 53.03, 68.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0532 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.125 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3716, 40.8689, 13.2819)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C51 #5199E4

analogous

#E45251 #E49C51 #E3E451

triadic

#E49C51 #51E49C #9C51E4

tetradic

#E49C51 #51E452 #5199E4 #E451E3

square

#E49C51 #51E452 #5199E4 #E451E3

split-complementary

#E49C51 #51E3E4 #5251E4

monochromatic

#A25F19 #D77E21 #E49C51 #ECBA86 #F4D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E49C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#E49C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C51

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C51	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)

#B3A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b984',
    500: '#e49c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c51;
$custom-light: #f1b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74938,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C51

secondary

#ACC8E4

accent

#71D510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C51

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

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