#E3A540#E3A540

#E3A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A540
RGB	rgb(227, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 13.56, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 60.51, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0328 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.135 76)
XYZ	xyz(46.0622, 43.6150, 10.8420)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A540 #407EE3

analogous

#E35440 #E3A540 #CFE340

triadic

#E3A540 #40E3A5 #A540E3

tetradic

#E3A540 #40E354 #407EE3 #E340CF

square

#E3A540 #40E354 #407EE3 #E340CF

split-complementary

#E3A540 #40CFE3 #5440E3

monochromatic

#936316 #C8871D #E3A540 #EBBE75 #F3D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E3A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E3A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A540

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A540	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf7a',
    500: '#e3a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a540;
$custom-light: #f1bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.178,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.43611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A540

secondary

#9EB7E1

accent

#7EF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A540

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

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