#E49D5C#E49D5C
#E49D5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49D5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 157, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 59.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.44, 19.92, 44.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.44, 48.47, 65.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.26% 0.0554 0.1039) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.26% 0.118 61.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9865, 41.3844, 15.6891) |
| Luminance | 0.4138 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.11
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.20
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.88
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.43
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49D5C #5CA3E4
analogous
#E45C5F #E49D5C #E4E15C
triadic
#E49D5C #5CE49D #9D5CE4
tetradic
#E49D5C #5FE45C #5CA3E4 #E15CE4
square
#E49D5C #5FE45C #5CA3E4 #E15CE4
split-complementary
#E49D5C #5CE4E1 #5C5FE4
monochromatic
#AA601C #DB7D27 #E49D5C #EDBD91 #F5DCC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E49D5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.28
#E49D5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49D5C
9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49D5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49D5C | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.28 | 9.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49d5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 61.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ba8c',
500: '#e49d5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49d5c; $custom-light: #f0ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49d5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 157,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.676,
"s": 71.579,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75258,
"c": 0.11769,
"h": 61.9
},
"luminance": 0.41381
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49D5C
secondary
#B5CFE7
accent
#77D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D