#E49C5B#E49C5B

#E49C5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49C5B
RGB	rgb(228, 156, 91)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 20.38, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 48.86, 65.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0566 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.119 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7746, 41.0301, 15.4043)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49C5B #5BA3E4

analogous

#E45B5F #E49C5B #E4E05B

triadic

#E49C5B #5BE49C #9C5BE4

tetradic

#E49C5B #5FE45B #5BA3E4 #E05BE4

square

#E49C5B #5FE45B #5BA3E4 #E05BE4

split-complementary

#E49C5B #5BE4E0 #5B5FE4

monochromatic

#A95F1C #DB7C26 #E49C5B #EDBC90 #F5DBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E49C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#E49C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49C5B

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49C5B	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0b98b',
    500: '#e49c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49c5b;
$custom-light: #f0b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.467,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75062,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49C5B

secondary

#B4CFE6

accent

#78D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49C5B

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

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