#E49D61#E49D61

#E49D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49D61
RGB	rgb(228, 157, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 20.29, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 46.39, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0572 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.114 60)
XYZ	xyz(46.2124, 41.4747, 16.8785)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49D61 #61A8E4

analogous

#E46166 #E49D61 #E4DE61

triadic

#E49D61 #61E49D #9D61E4

tetradic

#E49D61 #66E461 #61A8E4 #DE61E4

square

#E49D61 #66E461 #61A8E4 #DE61E4

split-complementary

#E49D61 #61E4DE #6166E4

monochromatic

#AD5F1E #DB7D2D #E49D61 #EDBD95 #F6DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E49D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#E49D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49D61

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49D61	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)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 157, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ba8f',
    500: '#e49d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49d61;
$custom-light: #f0ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75328,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.41471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49D61

secondary

#B9D2E7

accent

#7BD313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49D61

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

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