#E3A640#E3A640

#E3A640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A640
RGB	rgb(227, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 13.03, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 60.64, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0313 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.136 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2433, 43.9771, 10.9024)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A640 #407DE3

analogous

#E35540 #E3A640 #CFE340

triadic

#E3A640 #40E3A6 #A640E3

tetradic

#E3A640 #40E355 #407DE3 #E340CF

square

#E3A640 #40E355 #407DE3 #E340CF

split-complementary

#E3A640 #40CFE3 #5540E3

monochromatic

#936416 #C8881D #E3A640 #EBBF75 #F3D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E3A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E3A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A640

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A640	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c07a',
    500: '#e3a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a640;
$custom-light: #f1c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.546,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A640

secondary

#9EB7E1

accent

#7CF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A640

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

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