#E3A040#E3A040

#E3A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A040
RGB	rgb(227, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 16.22, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 59.98, 74.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0406 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.135 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1779, 41.8465, 10.5473)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A040 #4083E3

analogous

#E34E40 #E3A040 #D5E340

triadic

#E3A040 #40E3A0 #A040E3

tetradic

#E3A040 #40E34E #4083E3 #E340D5

square

#E3A040 #40E34E #4083E3 #E340D5

split-complementary

#E3A040 #40D5E3 #4E40E3

monochromatic

#935F16 #C8821D #E3A040 #EBBB75 #F3D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E3A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#E3A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A040

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A040	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F78F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc7a',
    500: '#e3a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a040;
$custom-light: #f1bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.337,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A040

secondary

#9EBAE1

accent

#83F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A040

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

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