#E49C5F#E49C5F
#E49C5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49C5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 156, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 58.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.25, 20.67, 42.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.25, 47.19, 64.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.12% 0.058 0.1003) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.12% 0.116 59.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9518, 41.1009, 16.3374) |
| Luminance | 0.4110 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.19
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.58
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.08
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.22
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49C5F #5FA7E4
analogous
#E45F64 #E49C5F #E4DF5F
triadic
#E49C5F #5FE49C #9C5FE4
tetradic
#E49C5F #64E45F #5FA7E4 #DF5FE4
square
#E49C5F #64E45F #5FA7E4 #DF5FE4
split-complementary
#E49C5F #5FE4DF #5F64E4
monochromatic
#AC5E1D #DB7C2B #E49C5F #EDBC93 #F6DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E49C5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.22
#E49C5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49C5F
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49C5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49C5F | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.22 | 9.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A25A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B260
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49c5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 156, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 59.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b98e',
500: '#e49c5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49c5f; $custom-light: #f0b98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49c5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 156,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.519,
"s": 71.123,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75117,
"c": 0.11587,
"h": 59.9
},
"luminance": 0.41097
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49C5F
secondary
#B8D1E7
accent
#7BD312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D