#E49E61#E49E61

#E49E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49E61
RGB	rgb(228, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 19.76, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 46.41, 64.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0556 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.114 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3822, 41.8145, 16.9351)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49E61 #61A7E4

analogous

#E46165 #E49E61 #E4DF61

triadic

#E49E61 #61E49E #9E61E4

tetradic

#E49E61 #65E461 #61A7E4 #DF61E4

square

#E49E61 #65E461 #61A7E4 #DF61E4

split-complementary

#E49E61 #61E4DF #6165E4

monochromatic

#AD601E #DB7E2D #E49E61 #EDBE95 #F6DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E49E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#E49E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49E61

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49E61	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ba8f',
    500: '#e49e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49e61;
$custom-light: #f0ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.939,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49E61

secondary

#B9D2E7

accent

#79D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49E61

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

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