#E4A15C#E4A15C
#E4A15C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A15C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 59.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.39, 17.78, 45.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.39, 48.68, 68.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76% 0.049 0.1063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76% 0.117 65.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.6744, 42.7601, 15.9184) |
| Luminance | 0.4276 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.64
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.13
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.61
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.78
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.89
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A15C #5C9FE4
analogous
#E45D5C #E4A15C #E3E45C
triadic
#E4A15C #5CE4A1 #A15CE4
tetradic
#E4A15C #5CE45D #5C9FE4 #E45CE3
square
#E4A15C #5CE45D #5C9FE4 #E45CE3
split-complementary
#E4A15C #5CE3E4 #5D5CE4
monochromatic
#AA641C #DB8327 #E4A15C #EDBF91 #F5DEC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E4A15C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.55
#E4A15C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A15C
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A15C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A15C | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.55 | 9.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A656
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a15c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 65.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bc8c',
500: '#e4a15c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a15c; $custom-light: #f0bc8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a15c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.441,
"s": 71.579,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75995,
"c": 0.11706,
"h": 65.2
},
"luminance": 0.42756
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A15C
secondary
#B5CEE7
accent
#71D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D