#E3A249#E3A249

#E3A249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A249
RGB	rgb(227, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 15.62, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 56.54, 73.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0401 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.13 72)
XYZ	xyz(45.8045, 42.6563, 12.1231)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A249 #498AE3

analogous

#E35549 #E3A249 #D7E349

triadic

#E3A249 #49E3A2 #A249E3

tetradic

#E3A249 #49E355 #498AE3 #E349D7

square

#E3A249 #49E355 #498AE3 #E349D7

split-complementary

#E3A249 #49D7E3 #5549E3

monochromatic

#9A6318 #CF8520 #E3A249 #EBBD7E #F3D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E3A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E3A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A249

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A249	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd80',
    500: '#e3a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a249;
$custom-light: #f0bd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.675,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.42653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A249

secondary

#A6BFE2

accent

#86F038

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A249

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

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