#E49C56#E49C56
#E49C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49C56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 156, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 62.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.14, 20.04, 46.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.14, 50.95, 66.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75% 0.0549 0.1089) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75% 0.122 63.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.5661, 40.9466, 14.3060) |
| Luminance | 0.4094 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.46
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.50
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.08
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.10
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.18
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49C56 #569EE4
analogous
#E45657 #E49C56 #E4E356
triadic
#E49C56 #56E49C #9C56E4
tetradic
#E49C56 #57E456 #569EE4 #E356E4
square
#E49C56 #57E456 #569EE4 #E356E4
split-complementary
#E49C56 #56E4E3 #5657E4
monochromatic
#A55F1A #DA7D23 #E49C56 #ECBB8B #F5DAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E49C56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.19
#E49C56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49C56
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49C56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49C56 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.19 | 9.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A24F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B257
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49c56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 63.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b988',
500: '#e49c56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49c56; $custom-light: #f1b988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49c56",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 156,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.577,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74998,
"c": 0.12196,
"h": 63.3
},
"luminance": 0.40943
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49C56
secondary
#B0CBE5
accent
#74D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C