#E49F5E#E49F5E
#E49F5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E49F5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 159, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.94, 19.00, 43.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.94, 47.71, 66.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.65% 0.0529 0.1032) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.65% 0.116 62.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4163, 42.1021, 16.2694) |
| Luminance | 0.4210 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.12
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.15
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.61
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.54
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E49F5E #5EA3E4
analogous
#E45E60 #E49F5E #E4E25E
triadic
#E49F5E #5EE49F #9F5EE4
tetradic
#E49F5E #60E45E #5EA3E4 #E25EE4
square
#E49F5E #60E45E #5EA3E4 #E25EE4
split-complementary
#E49F5E #5EE4E2 #5E60E4
monochromatic
#AB621D #DB802A #E49F5E #EDBE92 #F6DEC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E49F5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.42
#E49F5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E49F5E
9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E49F5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E49F5E | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.42 | 9.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e49f5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 159, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 62.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bb8d',
500: '#e49f5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e49f5e; $custom-light: #f0bb8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e49f5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 159,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.104,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75653,
"c": 0.11592,
"h": 62.9
},
"luminance": 0.42098
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E49F5E
secondary
#B7D0E7
accent
#76D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D