#E4A05B#E4A05B
#E4A05B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A05B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 160, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 60.1%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.14, 18.25, 45.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.14, 49.04, 68.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.8% 0.0502 0.1067) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.8% 0.118 64.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4569, 42.3946, 15.6317) |
| Luminance | 0.4239 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.52
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.08
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.58
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.68
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.86
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A05B #5B9FE4
analogous
#E45B5B #E4A05B #E4E45B
triadic
#E4A05B #5BE4A0 #A05BE4
tetradic
#E4A05B #5BE45B #5B9FE4 #E45BE4
square
#E4A05B #5BE45B #5B9FE4 #E45BE4
split-complementary
#E4A05B #5BE4E4 #5B5BE4
monochromatic
#A9631C #DB8226 #E4A05B #EDBE90 #F5DDC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E4A05B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.48
#E4A05B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A05B
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A05B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A05B | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.48 | 9.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A555
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a05b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 64.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bc8b',
500: '#e4a05b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a05b; $custom-light: #f0bc8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a05b",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 160,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.219,
"s": 71.728,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75797,
"c": 0.11789,
"h": 64.8
},
"luminance": 0.42391
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A05B
secondary
#B4CDE6
accent
#72D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D