#E0AD42#E0AD42

#E0AD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.135 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0AD42
RGB	rgb(224, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, 8.12, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 60.28, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0174 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.135 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6703, 46.1311, 11.5993)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0AD42 #4275E0

analogous

#E05E42 #E0AD42 #C4E042

triadic

#E0AD42 #42E0AD #AD42E0

tetradic

#E0AD42 #42E05E #4275E0 #E042C4

square

#E0AD42 #42E05E #4275E0 #E042C4

split-complementary

#E0AD42 #42C4E0 #5E42E0

monochromatic

#906918 #C59020 #E0AD42 #E9C477 #F1DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E0AD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#E0AD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0AD42

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0AD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0AD42	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F39D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.135 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec57c',
    500: '#e0ad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ad42;
$custom-light: #eec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.633,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77568,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0AD42

secondary

#9FB3DF

accent

#74EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0AD42

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

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