#E3A44E#E3A44E

#E3A44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A44E
RGB	rgb(227, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 14.84, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 54.66, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0384 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.126 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3321, 43.4355, 13.1499)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A44E #4E8DE3

analogous

#E35A4E #E3A44E #D7E34E

triadic

#E3A44E #4EE3A4 #A44EE3

tetradic

#E3A44E #4EE35A #4E8DE3 #E34ED7

square

#E3A44E #4EE35A #4E8DE3 #E34ED7

split-complementary

#E3A44E #4ED7E3 #5A4EE3

monochromatic

#9E6619 #D38821 #E3A44E #EBBF83 #F4DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E3A44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#E3A44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A44E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A44E	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be83',
    500: '#e3a44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a44e;
$custom-light: #f0be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.631,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76279,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A44E

secondary

#AAC2E3

accent

#86EF38

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A44E

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