#E3A548#E3A548

#E3A548 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A548
RGB	rgb(227, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 13.97, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 57.29, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0351 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.13 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3064, 43.7127, 12.1282)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A548 #4886E3

analogous

#E35748 #E3A548 #D3E348

triadic

#E3A548 #48E3A5 #A548E3

tetradic

#E3A548 #48E357 #4886E3 #E348D3

square

#E3A548 #48E357 #4886E3 #E348D3

split-complementary

#E3A548 #48D3E3 #5748E3

monochromatic

#996517 #CE8820 #E3A548 #EBBF7D #F3D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E3A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E3A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A548

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A548	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf7f',
    500: '#e3a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a548;
$custom-light: #f0bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A548

secondary

#A5BDE2

accent

#81F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A548

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

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