#E4A056#E4A056
#E4A056 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A056 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 160, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 62.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.08, 17.90, 47.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.08, 51.17, 69.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.73% 0.0485 0.1113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.73% 0.121 66.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2484, 42.3112, 14.5334) |
| Luminance | 0.4231 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.20
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.30
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.06
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.13
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A056 #569AE4
analogous
#E45956 #E4A056 #E1E456
triadic
#E4A056 #56E4A0 #A056E4
tetradic
#E4A056 #56E459 #569AE4 #E456E1
square
#E4A056 #56E459 #569AE4 #E456E1
split-complementary
#E4A056 #56E1E4 #5956E4
monochromatic
#A5631A #DA8223 #E4A056 #ECBE8B #F5DBC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E4A056 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.46
#E4A056 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A056
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A056 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A056 | 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)
#B6A54F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B457
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7908F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a056; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 66.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc88',
500: '#e4a056',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a056; $custom-light: #f1bc88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a056",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 160,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.268,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75734,
"c": 0.12141,
"h": 66.4
},
"luminance": 0.42307
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A056
secondary
#B0CAE5
accent
#6FD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C