#E4A03D#E4A03D

#E4A03D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A03D
RGB	rgb(228, 160, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 73.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 16.51, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 61.40, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.041 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.137 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4113, 41.9764, 10.1246)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A03D #3D81E4

analogous

#E44D3D #E4A03D #D5E43D

triadic

#E4A03D #3DE4A0 #A03DE4

tetradic

#E4A03D #3DE44D #3D81E4 #E43DD5

square

#E4A03D #3DE44D #3D81E4 #E43DD5

split-complementary

#E4A03D #3DD5E4 #4D3DE4

monochromatic

#925F14 #C8821C #E4A03D #EBBA73 #F3D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E4A03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#E4A03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A03D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A03D	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bc78',
    500: '#e4a03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a03d;
$custom-light: #f2bc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.569,
    "s": 75.566,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A03D

secondary

#9CB8E1

accent

#82F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A03D

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

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