#E0A157#E0A157
#E0A157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0A157 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 161, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 69%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 61%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 61.2%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.89, 15.77, 47.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.89, 49.67, 71.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.49% 0.0426 0.1097) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.49% 0.118 68.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.2084, 42.0286, 14.7463) |
| Luminance | 0.4203 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.30
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.82
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.27
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.35
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.79
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0A157 #5796E0
analogous
#E05C57 #E0A157 #DAE057
triadic
#E0A157 #57E0A1 #A157E0
tetradic
#E0A157 #57E05C #5796E0 #E057DA
square
#E0A157 #57E05C #5796E0 #E057DA
split-complementary
#E0A157 #57DAE0 #5C57E0
monochromatic
#9F641D #D38427 #E0A157 #EABE8B #F3DBBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E0A157 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.40
#E0A157 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0A157
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0A157 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0A157 | 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)
#B6A550
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B359
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F29290
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0a157; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 161, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 68.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edbc88',
500: '#e0a157',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0a157; $custom-light: #edbc88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0a157",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 161,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.409,
"s": 68.844,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75488,
"c": 0.11771,
"h": 68.8
},
"luminance": 0.42025
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0A157
secondary
#B0C7E3
accent
#6BD115
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D