#E4A057#E4A057
#E4A057 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A057 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 160, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 61.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.10, 17.97, 47.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.10, 50.74, 69.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.75% 0.0489 0.1104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.75% 0.121 66.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2890, 42.3274, 14.7471) |
| Luminance | 0.4232 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.01
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.16
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.40
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.97
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.01
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A057 #579BE4
analogous
#E45A57 #E4A057 #E2E457
triadic
#E4A057 #57E4A0 #A057E4
tetradic
#E4A057 #57E45A #579BE4 #E457E2
square
#E4A057 #57E45A #579BE4 #E457E2
split-complementary
#E4A057 #57E2E4 #5A57E4
monochromatic
#A6631B #DB8223 #E4A057 #ECBE8C #F5DCC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E4A057 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.46
#E4A057 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A057
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A057 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A057 | 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)
#B6A550
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B458
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7908F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a057; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 66.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc88',
500: '#e4a057',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a057; $custom-light: #f1bc88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a057",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 160,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.064,
"s": 72.308,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75746,
"c": 0.12071,
"h": 66.1
},
"luminance": 0.42324
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A057
secondary
#B1CAE6
accent
#6FD411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D