#E4A149#E4A149

#E4A149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A149
RGB	rgb(228, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 16.58, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 56.71, 73.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0428 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.13 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9455, 42.4685, 12.0795)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A149 #498CE4

analogous

#E45449 #E4A149 #D9E449

triadic

#E4A149 #49E4A1 #A149E4

tetradic

#E4A149 #49E454 #498CE4 #E449D9

square

#E4A149 #49E454 #498CE4 #E449D9

split-complementary

#E4A149 #49D9E4 #5449E4

monochromatic

#9C6217 #D1841F #E4A149 #ECBD7E #F4D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E4A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#E4A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A149

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A149	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)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc7f',
    500: '#e4a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a149;
$custom-light: #f1bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A149

secondary

#A6C0E3

accent

#87F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A149

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

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