#E49C59#E49C59

#E49C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C59
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 20.24, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 49.69, 65.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0559 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.12 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6895, 40.9960, 14.9559)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C59 #59A1E4

analogous

#E4595C #E49C59 #E4E259

triadic

#E49C59 #59E49C #9C59E4

tetradic

#E49C59 #5CE459 #59A1E4 #E259E4

square

#E49C59 #5CE459 #59A1E4 #E259E4

split-complementary

#E49C59 #59E4E2 #595CE4

monochromatic

#A75F1B #DB7D24 #E49C59 #EDBB8E #F5DBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E49C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#E49C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C59

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C59	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b98a',
    500: '#e49c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c59;
$custom-light: #f1b98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.921,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75036,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C59

secondary

#B3CDE6

accent

#76D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C59

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

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