#E49D55#E49D55
#E49D55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.122 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49D55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 157, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 62.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.36, 19.44, 47.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.36, 51.41, 67.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.17% 0.053 0.1104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.17% 0.122 64.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6946, 41.2676, 14.1514) |
| Luminance | 0.4126 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.67
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.01
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.05
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.83
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.16
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49D55 #559CE4
analogous
#E45655 #E49D55 #E3E455
triadic
#E49D55 #55E49D #9D55E4
tetradic
#E49D55 #55E456 #559CE4 #E455E3
square
#E49D55 #55E456 #559CE4 #E455E3
split-complementary
#E49D55 #55E3E4 #5655E4
monochromatic
#A4601A #D97F23 #E49D55 #ECBB8A #F5DABF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E49D55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.25
#E49D55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49D55
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49D55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49D55 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.25 | 9.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A24E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B356
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49d55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.122 64.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba87',
500: '#e49d55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49d55; $custom-light: #f1ba87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49d55",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 157,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.21,
"s": 72.589,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75169,
"c": 0.12246,
"h": 64.4
},
"luminance": 0.41264
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49D55
secondary
#B0CAE5
accent
#72D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C