#E4A055#E4A055
#E4A055 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A055 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 160, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 62.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.07, 17.84, 48.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.07, 51.59, 69.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.72% 0.0482 0.1122) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.72% 0.122 66.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2084, 42.2952, 14.3227) |
| Luminance | 0.4229 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.29
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.21
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.25
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.15
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.25
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A055 #5599E4
analogous
#E45955 #E4A055 #E0E455
triadic
#E4A055 #55E4A0 #A055E4
tetradic
#E4A055 #55E459 #5599E4 #E455E0
square
#E4A055 #55E459 #5599E4 #E455E0
split-complementary
#E4A055 #55E0E4 #5955E4
monochromatic
#A4631A #D98223 #E4A055 #ECBE8A #F5DBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E4A055 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.46
#E4A055 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A055
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A055 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A055 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.46 | 9.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A54E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B456
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7908F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a055; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 66.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc87',
500: '#e4a055',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a055; $custom-light: #f1bc87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a055",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 160,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.469,
"s": 72.589,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75722,
"c": 0.1221,
"h": 66.8
},
"luminance": 0.42291
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A055
secondary
#B0C9E5
accent
#6ED511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C