#E4994C#E4994C

#E4994C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4994C
RGB	rgb(228, 153, 76)
HSL	hsl(30, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 21.02, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 54.97, 67.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0564 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.129 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6938, 39.8022, 12.1648)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4994C #4C97E4

analogous

#E44D4C #E4994C #E3E44C

triadic

#E4994C #4CE499 #994CE4

tetradic

#E4994C #4CE44D #4C97E4 #E44CE3

square

#E4994C #4CE44D #4C97E4 #E44CE3

split-complementary

#E4994C #4CE3E4 #4D4CE4

monochromatic

#9E5C18 #D37B20 #E4994C #ECB781 #F4D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E4994C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#E4994C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4994C

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4994C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4994C	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)

#B19F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4994c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 153, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b781',
    500: '#e4994c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4994c;
$custom-light: #f1b781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4994c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.395,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4994C

secondary

#A8C6E3

accent

#93F037

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4994C

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

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