#E49E4E#E49E4E
#E49E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49E4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 158, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.53, 18.47, 51.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.53, 54.40, 70.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.27% 0.0491 0.1171) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.27% 0.127 67.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6000, 41.5016, 12.8152) |
| Luminance | 0.4150 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.82
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.02
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.44
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.01
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.33
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49E4E #4E94E4
analogous
#E4534E #E49E4E #DFE44E
triadic
#E49E4E #4EE49E #9E4EE4
tetradic
#E49E4E #4EE453 #4E94E4 #E44EDF
square
#E49E4E #4EE453 #4E94E4 #E44EDF
split-complementary
#E49E4E #4EDFE4 #534EE4
monochromatic
#9F6018 #D48020 #E49E4E #ECBB83 #F4D8B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E49E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.30
#E49E4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49E4E
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49E4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49E4E | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.30 | 9.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B350
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78E8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49e4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 67.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba82',
500: '#e49e4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49e4e; $custom-light: #f1ba82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49e4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 158,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75272,
"c": 0.127,
"h": 67.3
},
"luminance": 0.41498
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49E4E
secondary
#AAC5E4
accent
#8EF038
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C