#E49D5F#E49D5F
#E49D5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49D5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 157, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 58.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.48, 20.14, 42.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.48, 47.22, 64.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.3% 0.0564 0.1009) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.3% 0.116 60.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1203, 41.4379, 16.3935) |
| Luminance | 0.4143 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.08
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.41
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.89
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.50
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49D5F #5FA6E4
analogous
#E45F63 #E49D5F #E4DF5F
triadic
#E49D5F #5FE49D #9D5FE4
tetradic
#E49D5F #63E45F #5FA6E4 #DF5FE4
square
#E49D5F #63E45F #5FA6E4 #DF5FE4
split-complementary
#E49D5F #5FE4DF #5F63E4
monochromatic
#AC5F1D #DB7D2B #E49D5F #EDBD93 #F6DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E49D5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.29
#E49D5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49D5F
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49D5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49D5F | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.29 | 9.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A35A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B360
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49d5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 60.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ba8e',
500: '#e49d5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49d5f; $custom-light: #f0ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49d5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 157,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.97,
"s": 71.123,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75299,
"c": 0.11563,
"h": 60.8
},
"luminance": 0.41434
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49D5F
secondary
#B8D1E7
accent
#79D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D