#E4A043#E4A043

#E4A043 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A043
RGB	rgb(228, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 70.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 16.79, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 59.05, 73.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0426 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.134 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5820, 42.0447, 11.0239)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A043 #4387E4

analogous

#E44F43 #E4A043 #D8E443

triadic

#E4A043 #43E4A0 #A043E4

tetradic

#E4A043 #43E44F #4387E4 #E443D8

square

#E4A043 #43E44F #4387E4 #E443D8

split-complementary

#E4A043 #43D8E4 #4F43E4

monochromatic

#976016 #CC821D #E4A043 #ECBB79 #F3D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E4A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#E4A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A043

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A043	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc7c',
    500: '#e4a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a043;
$custom-light: #f1bc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.658,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75533,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A043

secondary

#A1BCE2

accent

#85F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A043

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

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