#E4A15D#E4A15D
#E4A15D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A15D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 59.2%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.40, 17.86, 44.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.40, 48.25, 68.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.01% 0.0494 0.1054) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.01% 0.116 64.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7184, 42.7777, 16.1502) |
| Luminance | 0.4277 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.53
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.13
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.55
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.79
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.91
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A15D #5DA0E4
analogous
#E45D5D #E4A15D #E4E45D
triadic
#E4A15D #5DE4A1 #A15DE4
tetradic
#E4A15D #5DE45D #5DA0E4 #E45DE4
square
#E4A15D #5DE45D #5DA0E4 #E45DE4
split-complementary
#E4A15D #5DE4E4 #5D5DE4
monochromatic
#AA641C #DB8329 #E4A15D #EDBF91 #F5DEC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E4A15D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.55
#E4A15D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A15D
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A15D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A15D | 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)
#B7A657
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a15d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 64.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bc8c',
500: '#e4a15d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a15d; $custom-light: #f0bc8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a15d",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.222,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76009,
"c": 0.11635,
"h": 64.9
},
"luminance": 0.42774
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A15D
secondary
#B6CEE7
accent
#72D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D