#E3A149#E3A149

#E3A149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A149
RGB	rgb(227, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 16.16, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 56.44, 73.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0416 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.129 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6291, 42.3054, 12.0646)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A149 #498BE3

analogous

#E35449 #E3A149 #D8E349

triadic

#E3A149 #49E3A1 #A149E3

tetradic

#E3A149 #49E354 #498BE3 #E349D8

square

#E3A149 #49E354 #498BE3 #E349D8

split-complementary

#E3A149 #49D8E3 #5449E3

monochromatic

#9A6218 #CF8420 #E3A149 #EBBC7E #F3D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E3A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#E3A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A149

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A149	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc7f',
    500: '#e3a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a149;
$custom-light: #f0bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75664,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A149

secondary

#A6C0E2

accent

#87F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A149

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

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