#E49D5A#E49D5A
#E49D5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49D5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 157, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 60.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.42, 19.78, 45.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.42, 49.31, 66.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.23% 0.0547 0.1058) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.23% 0.119 62.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9003, 41.3499, 15.2348) |
| Luminance | 0.4135 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.21
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.11
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.92
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.39
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49D5A #5AA1E4
analogous
#E45A5C #E49D5A #E4E25A
triadic
#E49D5A #5AE49D #9D5AE4
tetradic
#E49D5A #5CE45A #5AA1E4 #E25AE4
square
#E49D5A #5CE45A #5AA1E4 #E25AE4
split-complementary
#E49D5A #5AE4E2 #5A5CE4
monochromatic
#A8601C #DB7E25 #E49D5A #EDBC8F #F5DBC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E49D5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.27
#E49D5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49D5A
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49D5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49D5A | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.27 | 9.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A354
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49d5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 62.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ba8a',
500: '#e49d5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49d5a; $custom-light: #f0ba8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49d5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 157,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.13,
"s": 71.875,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75232,
"c": 0.11906,
"h": 62.7
},
"luminance": 0.41346
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49D5A
secondary
#B4CEE6
accent
#76D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D