#E49E5A#E49E5A
#E49E5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49E5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 158, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 60.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.66, 19.24, 45.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.66, 49.36, 67.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.41% 0.0531 0.1064) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.41% 0.119 63.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0702, 41.6897, 15.2914) |
| Luminance | 0.4169 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.29
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.89
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.05
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.83
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.22
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49E5A #5AA0E4
analogous
#E45A5B #E49E5A #E4E35A
triadic
#E49E5A #5AE49E #9E5AE4
tetradic
#E49E5A #5BE45A #5AA0E4 #E35AE4
square
#E49E5A #5BE45A #5AA0E4 #E35AE4
split-complementary
#E49E5A #5AE4E3 #5A5BE4
monochromatic
#A8611C #DB7F25 #E49E5A #EDBD8F #F5DCC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E49E5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.34
#E49E5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49E5A
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49E5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49E5A | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.34 | 9.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A354
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B35B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49e5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 63.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ba8a',
500: '#e49e5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49e5a; $custom-light: #f0ba8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49e5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 158,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.565,
"s": 71.875,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75415,
"c": 0.11888,
"h": 63.5
},
"luminance": 0.41686
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49E5A
secondary
#B4CDE6
accent
#74D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D