#E4A14E#E4A14E
#E4A14E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A14E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.24, 16.86, 51.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.24, 54.63, 72.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.83% 0.0443 0.1188) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.83% 0.127 69.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1180, 42.5375, 12.9879) |
| Luminance | 0.4253 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.75
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.63
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.72
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.88
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.95
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A14E #4E91E4
analogous
#E4564E #E4A14E #DCE44E
triadic
#E4A14E #4EE4A1 #A14EE4
tetradic
#E4A14E #4EE456 #4E91E4 #E44EDC
square
#E4A14E #4EE456 #4E91E4 #E44EDC
split-complementary
#E4A14E #4EDCE4 #564EE4
monochromatic
#9F6318 #D48420 #E4A14E #ECBD83 #F4D9B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E4A14E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#E4A14E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A14E
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A14E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A14E | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A545
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B550
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7918F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a14e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 69.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc83',
500: '#e4a14e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a14e; $custom-light: #f1bc83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a14e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.2,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75828,
"c": 0.12684,
"h": 69.5
},
"luminance": 0.42534
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A14E
secondary
#AAC4E4
accent
#8AF038
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C