#E3A478#E3A478

#E3A478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.095 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A478
RGB	rgb(227, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 47.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 18.14, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 36.77, 60.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.0536 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.095 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3464, 44.2412, 23.7587)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A478 #78B7E3

analogous

#E37881 #E3A478 #E3D978

triadic

#E3A478 #78E3A4 #A478E3

tetradic

#E3A478 #81E378 #78B7E3 #D978E3

square

#E3A478 #81E378 #78B7E3 #D978E3

split-complementary

#E3A478 #78E3D9 #7881E3

monochromatic

#BA6327 #D88245 #E3A478 #EEC6AB #F8E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E3A478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E3A478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A478

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A478	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.095 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebf9f',
    500: '#e3a478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a478;
$custom-light: #eebf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.673,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76874,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A478

secondary

#CBDEEC

accent

#83CD18

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A478

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

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