#E3AD4E#E3AD4E

#E3AD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3AD4E
RGB	rgb(227, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, 10.05, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 55.92, 79.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0244 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.128 79)
XYZ	xyz(48.0001, 46.7715, 13.7059)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3AD4E #4E84E3

analogous

#E3634E #E3AD4E #CFE34E

triadic

#E3AD4E #4EE3AD #AD4EE3

tetradic

#E3AD4E #4EE363 #4E84E3 #E34ECF

square

#E3AD4E #4EE363 #4E84E3 #E34ECF

split-complementary

#E3AD4E #4ECFE3 #634EE3

monochromatic

#9E6E19 #D39221 #E3AD4E #EBC583 #F4DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E3AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#E3AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3AD4E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3AD4E	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c583',
    500: '#e3ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ad4e;
$custom-light: #f0c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77995,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.46768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3AD4E

secondary

#AABEE3

accent

#7BEF38

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3AD4E

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

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