#E49F56#E49F56
#E49F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.122 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49F56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 159, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.85, 18.44, 47.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.85, 51.10, 68.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.55% 0.0501 0.1107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.55% 0.122 65.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0757, 41.9659, 14.4758) |
| Luminance | 0.4196 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.91
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.11
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.04
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49F56 #569BE4
analogous
#E45856 #E49F56 #E2E456
triadic
#E49F56 #56E49F #9F56E4
tetradic
#E49F56 #56E458 #569BE4 #E456E2
square
#E49F56 #56E458 #569BE4 #E456E2
split-complementary
#E49F56 #56E2E4 #5856E4
monochromatic
#A5621A #DA8123 #E49F56 #ECBD8B #F5DBC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E49F56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#E49F56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49F56
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49F56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49F56 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.39 | 9.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A44F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B457
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78F8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49f56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 159, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.122 65.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bb88',
500: '#e49f56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49f56; $custom-light: #f1bb88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49f56",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 159,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.845,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75549,
"c": 0.12151,
"h": 65.6
},
"luminance": 0.41962
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49F56
secondary
#B0CAE5
accent
#70D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C