#E4A059#E4A059

#E4A059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A059
RGB	rgb(228, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 18.11, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 49.89, 68.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0495 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.119 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3718, 42.3606, 15.1834)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A059 #599DE4

analogous

#E45A59 #E4A059 #E3E459

triadic

#E4A059 #59E4A0 #A059E4

tetradic

#E4A059 #59E45A #599DE4 #E459E3

square

#E4A059 #59E45A #599DE4 #E459E3

split-complementary

#E4A059 #59E3E4 #5A59E4

monochromatic

#A7631B #DB8224 #E4A059 #EDBE8E #F5DCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E4A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E4A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A059

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A059	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bc8a',
    500: '#e4a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a059;
$custom-light: #f0bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.647,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75771,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A059

secondary

#B3CCE6

accent

#71D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A059

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

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