#E3A257#E3A257

#E3A257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.120 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A257
RGB	rgb(227, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 16.49, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 50.61, 70.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0445 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.12 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3221, 42.8633, 14.8487)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A257 #5798E3

analogous

#E35C57 #E3A257 #DEE357

triadic

#E3A257 #57E3A2 #A257E3

tetradic

#E3A257 #57E35C #5798E3 #E357DE

square

#E3A257 #57E35C #5798E3 #E357DE

split-complementary

#E3A257 #57DEE3 #5C57E3

monochromatic

#A4651B #D98524 #E3A257 #ECBF8B #F4DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E3A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#E3A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A257

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A257	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.120 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd89',
    500: '#e3a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a257;
$custom-light: #f0bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A257

secondary

#B1C9E5

accent

#6CD312

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A257

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

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