#E49E5C#E49E5C
#E49E5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49E5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 158, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 59.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.68, 19.39, 44.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.68, 48.51, 66.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.44% 0.0538 0.1045) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.44% 0.118 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1564, 41.7242, 15.7458) |
| Luminance | 0.4172 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.15
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.72
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.76
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.51
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49E5C #5CA2E4
analogous
#E45C5E #E49E5C #E4E25C
triadic
#E49E5C #5CE49E #9E5CE4
tetradic
#E49E5C #5EE45C #5CA2E4 #E25CE4
square
#E49E5C #5EE45C #5CA2E4 #E25CE4
split-complementary
#E49E5C #5CE4E2 #5C5EE4
monochromatic
#AA611C #DB7F27 #E49E5C #EDBD91 #F5DCC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E49E5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.34
#E49E5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49E5C
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49E5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49E5C | 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)
#B4A356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49e5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ba8c',
500: '#e49e5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49e5c; $custom-light: #f0ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49e5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 158,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.118,
"s": 71.579,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75442,
"c": 0.1175,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.4172
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49E5C
secondary
#B5CFE7
accent
#76D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D