#E0A142#E0A142

#E0A142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0A142
RGB	rgb(224, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 14.52, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 58.52, 75.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0361 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.132 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4717, 41.7340, 10.8664)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0A142 #4281E0

analogous

#E05242 #E0A142 #D0E042

triadic

#E0A142 #42E0A1 #A142E0

tetradic

#E0A142 #42E052 #4281E0 #E042D0

square

#E0A142 #42E052 #4281E0 #E042D0

split-complementary

#E0A142 #42D0E0 #5242E0

monochromatic

#906018 #C58320 #E0A142 #E9BB77 #F1D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E0A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#E0A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0A142

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0A142	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebc7b',
    500: '#e0a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0a142;
$custom-light: #eebc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.076,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75264,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0A142

secondary

#9FB8DF

accent

#82EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0A142

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

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