#E4A14A#E4A14A
#E4A14A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A14A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 74%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 68%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 67.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.20, 16.63, 53.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.20, 56.30, 72.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.79% 0.0431 0.1221) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.79% 0.129 70.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9789, 42.4819, 12.2555) |
| Luminance | 0.4248 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.73
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.43
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.43
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.71
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A14A #4A8DE4
analogous
#E4544A #E4A14A #DAE44A
triadic
#E4A14A #4AE4A1 #A14AE4
tetradic
#E4A14A #4AE454 #4A8DE4 #E44ADA
square
#E4A14A #4AE454 #4A8DE4 #E44ADA
split-complementary
#E4A14A #4ADAE4 #544AE4
monochromatic
#9C6217 #D2841F #E4A14A #ECBD7F #F4D8B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E4A14A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#E4A14A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A14A
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A14A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A14A | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A540
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B54C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8908E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a14a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 70.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc80',
500: '#e4a14a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a14a; $custom-light: #f1bc80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a14a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.896,
"s": 74.038,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75786,
"c": 0.12948,
"h": 70.6
},
"luminance": 0.42478
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A14A
secondary
#A7C1E3
accent
#88F137
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18120A
muted
#86817C