#E4994A#E4994A

#E4994A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4994A
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(31, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 20.90, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 55.78, 67.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0557 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.13 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6254, 39.7748, 11.8043)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4994A #4A95E4

analogous

#E44C4A #E4994A #E2E44A

triadic

#E4994A #4AE499 #994AE4

tetradic

#E4994A #4AE44C #4A95E4 #E44AE2

square

#E4994A #4AE44C #4A95E4 #E44AE2

split-complementary

#E4994A #4AE2E4 #4C4AE4

monochromatic

#9C5C17 #D27B1F #E4994A #ECB77F #F4D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E4994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#E4994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4994A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4994A	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b780',
    500: '#e4994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4994a;
$custom-light: #f1b780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.779,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4994A

secondary

#A7C4E3

accent

#91F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4994A

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

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