#E3A049#E3A049

#E3A049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.129 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A049
RGB	rgb(227, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 16.69, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 56.35, 72.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0432 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.129 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4550, 41.9573, 12.0066)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A049 #498CE3

analogous

#E35349 #E3A049 #D9E349

triadic

#E3A049 #49E3A0 #A049E3

tetradic

#E3A049 #49E353 #498CE3 #E349D9

square

#E3A049 #49E353 #498CE3 #E349D9

split-complementary

#E3A049 #49D9E3 #5349E3

monochromatic

#9A6118 #CF8320 #E3A049 #EBBC7E #F3D7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E3A049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#E3A049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A049

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A049	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.129 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc7f',
    500: '#e3a049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a049;
$custom-light: #f0bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.896,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75478,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A049

secondary

#A6C0E2

accent

#88F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A049

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

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