#E49E6A#E49E6A
#E49E6A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.108 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49E6A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 158, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 69%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 54%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 53.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.87, 20.48, 37.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.87, 42.71, 61.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.65% 0.0589 0.0902) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.65% 0.108 56.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8259, 41.9920, 19.2719) |
| Luminance | 0.4199 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.06
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.94
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.72
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.38
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.48
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49E6A #6AB0E4
analogous
#E46A73 #E49E6A #E4DB6A
triadic
#E49E6A #6AE49E #9E6AE4
tetradic
#E49E6A #73E46A #6AB0E4 #DB6AE4
square
#E49E6A #73E46A #6AB0E4 #DB6AE4
split-complementary
#E49E6A #6AE4DB #6A73E4
monochromatic
#B35F20 #DB7C36 #E49E6A #EDC09E #F7E1D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E49E6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.40
#E49E6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49E6A
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49E6A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49E6A | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.40 | 9.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A466
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B46A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69091
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49e6a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.108 56.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ba95',
500: '#e49e6a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49e6a; $custom-light: #f0ba95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49e6a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 158,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.574,
"s": 69.318,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75645,
"c": 0.10776,
"h": 56.9
},
"luminance": 0.41988
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49E6A
secondary
#C0D8E9
accent
#81D114
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E