#E4A05E#E4A05E
#E4A05E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A05E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 160, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.18, 18.46, 44.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.18, 47.77, 67.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.84% 0.0513 0.1038) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.84% 0.116 63.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5889, 42.4474, 16.3269) |
| Luminance | 0.4244 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.32
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.53
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.28
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A05E #5EA2E4
analogous
#E45E5F #E4A05E #E4E35E
triadic
#E4A05E #5EE4A0 #A05EE4
tetradic
#E4A05E #5FE45E #5EA2E4 #E35EE4
square
#E4A05E #5FE45E #5EA2E4 #E35EE4
split-complementary
#E4A05E #5EE4E3 #5E5FE4
monochromatic
#AB631D #DB812A #E4A05E #EDBF92 #F6DEC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E4A05E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#E4A05E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A05E
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A05E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A05E | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.49 | 9.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A558
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a05e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 160, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 63.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bc8d',
500: '#e4a05e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a05e; $custom-light: #f0bc8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a05e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 160,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.552,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75837,
"c": 0.11576,
"h": 63.7
},
"luminance": 0.42444
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A05E
secondary
#B7CFE7
accent
#74D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D