#E4A157#E4A157

#E4A157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A157
RGB	rgb(228, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 17.44, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 50.82, 69.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0473 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.121 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4630, 42.6756, 14.8051)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A157 #579AE4

analogous

#E45B57 #E4A157 #E1E457

triadic

#E4A157 #57E4A1 #A157E4

tetradic

#E4A157 #57E45B #579AE4 #E457E1

square

#E4A157 #57E45B #579AE4 #E457E1

split-complementary

#E4A157 #57E1E4 #5B57E4

monochromatic

#A6641B #DB8323 #E4A157 #ECBF8C #F5DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E4A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E4A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A157

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A157	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)

#B7A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc88',
    500: '#e4a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a157;
$custom-light: #f1bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.489,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A157

secondary

#B1CAE6

accent

#6ED411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A157

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

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