#E49C5D#E49C5D
#E49C5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49C5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 156, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 59.2%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.22, 20.53, 43.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.22, 48.02, 64.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.09% 0.0573 0.1023) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.09% 0.117 60.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8621, 41.0650, 15.8647) |
| Luminance | 0.4106 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.14
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.00
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.40
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.04
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.26
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49C5D #5DA5E4
analogous
#E45D61 #E49C5D #E4E05D
triadic
#E49C5D #5DE49C #9C5DE4
tetradic
#E49C5D #61E45D #5DA5E4 #E05DE4
square
#E49C5D #61E45D #5DA5E4 #E05DE4
split-complementary
#E49C5D #5DE4E0 #5D61E4
monochromatic
#AA5F1C #DB7C29 #E49C5D #EDBC91 #F5DCC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E49C5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.21
#E49C5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49C5D
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49C5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49C5D | 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)
#B2A257
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49c5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 60.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b98c',
500: '#e49c5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49c5d; $custom-light: #f0b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49c5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 156,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75089,
"c": 0.11723,
"h": 60.7
},
"luminance": 0.41061
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49C5D
secondary
#B6D0E7
accent
#79D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D