#E49F5A#E49F5A
#E49F5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49F5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 159, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 60.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.89, 18.71, 45.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.89, 49.41, 67.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.6% 0.0515 0.107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.6% 0.119 64.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2414, 42.0322, 15.3485) |
| Luminance | 0.4203 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.44
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.05
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.28
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.77
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.96
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49F5A #5A9FE4
analogous
#E45A5A #E49F5A #E4E45A
triadic
#E49F5A #5AE49F #9F5AE4
tetradic
#E49F5A #5AE45A #5A9FE4 #E45AE4
square
#E49F5A #5AE45A #5A9FE4 #E45AE4
split-complementary
#E49F5A #5AE4E4 #5A5AE4
monochromatic
#A8621C #DB8025 #E49F5A #EDBE8F #F5DCC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E49F5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.41
#E49F5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49F5A
9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49F5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49F5A | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.41 | 9.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7908F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49f5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 159, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 64.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bb8a',
500: '#e49f5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49f5a; $custom-light: #f0bb8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49f5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 159,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 71.875,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.756,
"c": 0.11873,
"h": 64.3
},
"luminance": 0.42028
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49F5A
secondary
#B4CDE6
accent
#73D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D