#E4A156#E4A156

#E4A156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A156
RGB	rgb(228, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 17.37, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 51.24, 70.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0469 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.121 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4224, 42.6593, 14.5914)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A156 #5699E4

analogous

#E45A56 #E4A156 #E0E456

triadic

#E4A156 #56E4A1 #A156E4

tetradic

#E4A156 #56E45A #5699E4 #E456E0

square

#E4A156 #56E45A #5699E4 #E456E0

split-complementary

#E4A156 #56E0E4 #5A56E4

monochromatic

#A5641A #DA8423 #E4A156 #ECBE8B #F5DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E4A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E4A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A156

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A156	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc88',
    500: '#e4a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a156;
$custom-light: #f1bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.69,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A156

secondary

#B0C9E5

accent

#6DD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A156

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

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