#E0A237#E0A237

#E0A237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.139 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0A237
RGB	rgb(224, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 13.48, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 62.87, 77.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0316 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.139 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3535, 41.9674, 9.3782)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0A237 #3775E0

analogous

#E04E37 #E0A237 #CAE037

triadic

#E0A237 #37E0A2 #A237E0

tetradic

#E0A237 #37E04E #3775E0 #E037CA

square

#E0A237 #37E04E #3775E0 #E037CA

split-complementary

#E0A237 #37CAE0 #4E37E0

monochromatic

#885E15 #BD821D #E0A237 #E8BB6C #F0D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E0A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#E0A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0A237

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0A237	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.139 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd75',
    500: '#e0a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0a237;
$custom-light: #efbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.988,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0A237

secondary

#96B0DD

accent

#7BF038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0A237

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

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