#E4A160#E4A160
#E4A160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A160 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.44, 18.08, 43.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.44, 46.97, 67.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.05% 0.0504 0.1024) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.05% 0.114 63.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8539, 42.8319, 16.8637) |
| Luminance | 0.4283 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.27
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.18
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.40
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.55
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.34
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A160 #60A3E4
analogous
#E46061 #E4A160 #E4E360
triadic
#E4A160 #60E4A1 #A160E4
tetradic
#E4A160 #61E460 #60A3E4 #E360E4
square
#E4A160 #61E460 #60A3E4 #E360E4
split-complementary
#E4A160 #60E4E3 #6061E4
monochromatic
#AC641D #DB822C #E4A160 #EDC094 #F6DFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E4A160 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#E4A160 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A160
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A160 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A160 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B561
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a160; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 63.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bd8f',
500: '#e4a160',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a160; $custom-light: #f0bd8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a160",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.545,
"s": 70.968,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76049,
"c": 0.11418,
"h": 63.8
},
"luminance": 0.42828
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A160
secondary
#B9D0E7
accent
#74D313
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D