#E0A640#E0A640

#E0A640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0A640
RGB	rgb(224, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 11.75, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 59.95, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0277 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.134 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3051, 43.4934, 10.8584)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0A640 #407AE0

analogous

#E05640 #E0A640 #CAE040

triadic

#E0A640 #40E0A6 #A640E0

tetradic

#E0A640 #40E056 #407AE0 #E040CA

square

#E0A640 #40E056 #407AE0 #E040CA

split-complementary

#E0A640 #40CAE0 #5640E0

monochromatic

#8E6317 #C38820 #E0A640 #E9BF75 #F1D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E0A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E0A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0A640

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0A640	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec07a',
    500: '#e0a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0a640;
$custom-light: #eec07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.25,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0A640

secondary

#9DB5DF

accent

#7BEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0A640

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

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