#E4A049#E4A049

#E4A049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A049
RGB	rgb(228, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 17.11, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 56.62, 72.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0444 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.13 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7714, 42.1204, 12.0214)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A049 #498DE4

analogous

#E45349 #E4A049 #DBE449

triadic

#E4A049 #49E4A0 #A049E4

tetradic

#E4A049 #49E453 #498DE4 #E449DB

square

#E4A049 #49E453 #498DE4 #E449DB

split-complementary

#E4A049 #49DBE4 #5349E4

monochromatic

#9C6117 #D1831F #E4A049 #ECBC7E #F4D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E4A049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#E4A049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A049

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A049	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc7f',
    500: '#e4a049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a049;
$custom-light: #f1bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.677,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A049

secondary

#A6C1E3

accent

#89F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A049

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

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