#E3A840#E3A840

#E3A840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.136 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A840
RGB	rgb(227, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 11.96, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 60.90, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0282 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.136 78)
XYZ	xyz(46.6097, 44.7099, 11.0245)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A840 #407BE3

analogous

#E35740 #E3A840 #CDE340

triadic

#E3A840 #40E3A8 #A840E3

tetradic

#E3A840 #40E357 #407BE3 #E340CD

square

#E3A840 #40E357 #407BE3 #E340CD

split-complementary

#E3A840 #40CDE3 #5740E3

monochromatic

#936616 #C88B1D #E3A840 #EBC075 #F3D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E3A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#E3A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A840

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A840	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.136 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c17b',
    500: '#e3a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a840;
$custom-light: #f1c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.282,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76906,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.44706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A840

secondary

#9EB6E1

accent

#7AF137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A840

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

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