#E0A440#E0A440

#E0A440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0A440
RGB	rgb(224, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 12.81, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 59.68, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0308 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.134 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9443, 42.7719, 10.7382)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0A440 #407CE0

analogous

#E05440 #E0A440 #CCE040

triadic

#E0A440 #40E0A4 #A440E0

tetradic

#E0A440 #40E054 #407CE0 #E040CC

square

#E0A440 #40E054 #407CE0 #E040CC

split-complementary

#E0A440 #40CCE0 #5440E0

monochromatic

#8E6217 #C38620 #E0A440 #E9BD75 #F1D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E0A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#E0A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0A440

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0A440	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebe7a',
    500: '#e0a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0a440;
$custom-light: #eebe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75816,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0A440

secondary

#9DB6DF

accent

#7DEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0A440

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

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