#E3A856#E3A856

#E3A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A856
RGB	rgb(227, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 13.22, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 51.71, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0347 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.121 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3637, 45.0115, 14.9958)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A856 #5691E3

analogous

#E36256 #E3A856 #D7E356

triadic

#E3A856 #56E3A8 #A856E3

tetradic

#E3A856 #56E362 #5691E3 #E356D7

square

#E3A856 #56E362 #5691E3 #E356D7

split-complementary

#E3A856 #56D7E3 #6256E3

monochromatic

#A46A1B #D88D24 #E3A856 #ECC38B #F4DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E3A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#E3A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A856

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A856	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c188',
    500: '#e3a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a856;
$custom-light: #f0c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77125,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A856

secondary

#B0C6E5

accent

#63D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A856

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

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