#E3A246#E3A246

#E3A246 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A246
RGB	rgb(227, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 15.46, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 57.77, 74.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0392 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.131 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7075, 42.6175, 11.6119)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A246 #4687E3

analogous

#E35346 #E3A246 #D6E346

triadic

#E3A246 #46E3A2 #A246E3

tetradic

#E3A246 #46E353 #4687E3 #E346D6

square

#E3A246 #46E353 #4687E3 #E346D6

split-complementary

#E3A246 #46D6E3 #5346E3

monochromatic

#986217 #CD851F #E3A246 #EBBD7B #F3D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E3A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#E3A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A246

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A246	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd7e',
    500: '#e3a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a246;
$custom-light: #f0bd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.159,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A246

secondary

#A3BDE2

accent

#84F037

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A246

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

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