#E4A15E#E4A15E
#E4A15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A15E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.42, 17.93, 44.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.42, 47.83, 67.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.02% 0.0497 0.1044) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.02% 0.116 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7630, 42.7955, 16.3850) |
| Luminance | 0.4279 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.43
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.14
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.70
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.05
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A15E #5EA1E4
analogous
#E45E5E #E4A15E #E4E45E
triadic
#E4A15E #5EE4A1 #A15EE4
tetradic
#E4A15E #5EE45E #5EA1E4 #E45EE4
square
#E4A15E #5EE45E #5EA1E4 #E45EE4
split-complementary
#E4A15E #5EE4E4 #5E5EE4
monochromatic
#AB641D #DB822A #E4A15E #EDC092 #F6DEC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E4A15E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#E4A15E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A15E
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A15E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A15E | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A658
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a15e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bc8d',
500: '#e4a15e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a15e; $custom-light: #f0bc8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a15e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76022,
"c": 0.11562,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.42792
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A15E
secondary
#B7CFE7
accent
#73D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D