#E49E59#E49E59

#E49E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49E59
RGB	rgb(228, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 19.17, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 49.78, 67.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0527 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.12 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0279, 41.6727, 15.0687)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49E59 #599FE4

analogous

#E4595A #E49E59 #E4E359

triadic

#E49E59 #59E49E #9E59E4

tetradic

#E49E59 #5AE459 #599FE4 #E359E4

square

#E49E59 #5AE459 #599FE4 #E359E4

split-complementary

#E49E59 #59E4E3 #595AE4

monochromatic

#A7611B #DB7F24 #E49E59 #EDBD8E #F5DCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E49E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#E49E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49E59

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49E59	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba8a',
    500: '#e49e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49e59;
$custom-light: #f1ba8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.784,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75403,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49E59

secondary

#B3CDE6

accent

#73D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49E59

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

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