#E49D5B#E49D5B

#E49D5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49D5B
RGB	rgb(228, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 19.85, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 48.89, 66.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.055 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.118 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9431, 41.3670, 15.4604)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49D5B #5BA2E4

analogous

#E45B5D #E49D5B #E4E15B

triadic

#E49D5B #5BE49D #9D5BE4

tetradic

#E49D5B #5DE45B #5BA2E4 #E15BE4

square

#E49D5B #5DE45B #5BA2E4 #E15BE4

split-complementary

#E49D5B #5BE4E1 #5B5DE4

monochromatic

#A9601C #DB7E26 #E49D5B #EDBC90 #F5DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E49D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#E49D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49D5B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49D5B	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#B3A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ba8b',
    500: '#e49d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49d5b;
$custom-light: #f0ba8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.905,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49D5B

secondary

#B4CEE6

accent

#76D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49D5B

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

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