#E4A04E#E4A04E
#E4A04E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A04E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 160, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.00, 17.40, 51.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.00, 54.55, 71.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.64% 0.0459 0.1183) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.64% 0.127 68.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9439, 42.1894, 12.9299) |
| Luminance | 0.4219 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.80
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.34
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.75
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.88
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.97
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A04E #4E92E4
analogous
#E4554E #E4A04E #DDE44E
triadic
#E4A04E #4EE4A0 #A04EE4
tetradic
#E4A04E #4EE455 #4E92E4 #E44EDD
square
#E4A04E #4EE455 #4E92E4 #E44EDD
split-complementary
#E4A04E #4EDDE4 #554EE4
monochromatic
#9F6218 #D48320 #E4A04E #ECBC83 #F4D9B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E4A04E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E4A04E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A04E
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A04E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A04E | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A445
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B450
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7908E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a04e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 68.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc83',
500: '#e4a04e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a04e; $custom-light: #f1bc83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a04e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 160,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.8,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75642,
"c": 0.12687,
"h": 68.8
},
"luminance": 0.42186
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A04E
secondary
#AAC4E4
accent
#8BF038
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C