#E3A262#E3A262
#E3A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3A262 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 162, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 70%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 56.8%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.59, 17.28, 42.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.59, 45.88, 67.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.15% 0.0484 0.1008) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.15% 0.112 64.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8062, 43.0570, 17.3985) |
| Luminance | 0.4305 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.58
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.47
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.47
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.00
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.49
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3A262 #62A3E3
analogous
#E36262 #E3A262 #E3E262
triadic
#E3A262 #62E3A2 #A262E3
tetradic
#E3A262 #62E362 #62A3E3 #E262E3
square
#E3A262 #62E362 #62A3E3 #E262E3
split-complementary
#E3A262 #62E3E2 #6262E3
monochromatic
#AC651F #DA832E #E3A262 #ECC196 #F6E0CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E3A262 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.61
#E3A262 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3A262
9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3A262 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3A262 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.61 | 9.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A75C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B563
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F59493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3a262; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 162, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 64.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efbd90',
500: '#e3a262',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3a262; $custom-light: #efbd90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3a262",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 162,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.767,
"s": 69.73,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76152,
"c": 0.11178,
"h": 64.3
},
"luminance": 0.43053
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3A262
secondary
#BAD1E7
accent
#73D214
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D