#E49E55#E49E55
#E49E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49E55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 158, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 62.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.60, 18.90, 47.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.60, 51.46, 68.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.35% 0.0514 0.111) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.35% 0.122 65.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8645, 41.6074, 14.2080) |
| Luminance | 0.4160 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.84
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.08
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.42
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.60
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.12
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49E55 #559BE4
analogous
#E45755 #E49E55 #E3E455
triadic
#E49E55 #55E49E #9E55E4
tetradic
#E49E55 #55E457 #559BE4 #E455E3
square
#E49E55 #55E457 #559BE4 #E455E3
split-complementary
#E49E55 #55E3E4 #5755E4
monochromatic
#A4611A #D98023 #E49E55 #ECBC8A #F5DABF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E49E55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.32
#E49E55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49E55
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49E55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49E55 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.32 | 9.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A34E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B356
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49e55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 65.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba87',
500: '#e49e55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49e55; $custom-light: #f1ba87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49e55",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 158,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.629,
"s": 72.589,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75353,
"c": 0.12232,
"h": 65.2
},
"luminance": 0.41604
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49E55
secondary
#B0CAE5
accent
#71D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C