#E49E51#E49E51

#E49E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.125 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49E51
RGB	rgb(228, 158, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 18.65, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 53.15, 69.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.05 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.125 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7100, 41.5456, 13.3947)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49E51 #5197E4

analogous

#E45551 #E49E51 #E0E451

triadic

#E49E51 #51E49E #9E51E4

tetradic

#E49E51 #51E455 #5197E4 #E451E0

square

#E49E51 #51E455 #5197E4 #E451E0

split-complementary

#E49E51 #51E0E4 #5551E4

monochromatic

#A26119 #D78021 #E49E51 #ECBC86 #F4D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E49E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#E49E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49E51

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49E51	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.125 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba84',
    500: '#e49e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49e51;
$custom-light: #f1ba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75306,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49E51

secondary

#ACC7E4

accent

#6ED510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49E51

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

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