#E49D51#E49D51

#E49D51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49D51
RGB	rgb(228, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 19.18, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 53.09, 68.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0516 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.125 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5401, 41.2058, 13.3380)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49D51 #5198E4

analogous

#E45351 #E49D51 #E2E451

triadic

#E49D51 #51E49D #9D51E4

tetradic

#E49D51 #51E453 #5198E4 #E451E2

square

#E49D51 #51E453 #5198E4 #E451E2

split-complementary

#E49D51 #51E2E4 #5351E4

monochromatic

#A26019 #D77F21 #E49D51 #ECBB86 #F4D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E49D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#E49D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49D51

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49D51	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba84',
    500: '#e49d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49d51;
$custom-light: #f1ba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.02,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49D51

secondary

#ACC7E4

accent

#6FD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49D51

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

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