#E4994B#E4994B

#E4994B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4994B
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(31, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 20.96, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 55.38, 67.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.056 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.13 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6593, 39.7884, 11.9831)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4994B #4B96E4

analogous

#E44D4B #E4994B #E3E44B

triadic

#E4994B #4BE499 #994BE4

tetradic

#E4994B #4BE44D #4B96E4 #E44BE3

square

#E4994B #4BE44D #4B96E4 #E44BE3

split-complementary

#E4994B #4BE3E4 #4D4BE4

monochromatic

#9D5C18 #D27B20 #E4994B #ECB780 #F4D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E4994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#E4994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4994B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4994B	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b780',
    500: '#e4994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4994b;
$custom-light: #f1b780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.588,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74323,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4994B

secondary

#A8C5E3

accent

#92F137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4994B

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

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