#E0A257#E0A257

#E0A257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0A257
RGB	rgb(224, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 15.23, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 49.77, 72.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0411 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.118 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3838, 42.3795, 14.8048)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0A257 #5795E0

analogous

#E05D57 #E0A257 #D9E057

triadic

#E0A257 #57E0A2 #A257E0

tetradic

#E0A257 #57E05D #5795E0 #E057D9

square

#E0A257 #57E05D #5795E0 #E057D9

split-complementary

#E0A257 #57D9E0 #5D57E0

monochromatic

#9F641D #D38527 #E0A257 #EABF8B #F3DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E0A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#E0A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0A257

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0A257	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbd88',
    500: '#e0a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0a257;
$custom-light: #edbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.847,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75676,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0A257

secondary

#B0C7E3

accent

#6AD115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0A257

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

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