#E4A161#E4A161
#E4A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A161 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 57.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.45, 18.15, 42.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.45, 46.55, 67.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.06% 0.0508 0.1015) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.06% 0.113 63.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9002, 42.8504, 17.1078) |
| Luminance | 0.4285 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.21
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.22
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.37
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.48
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.50
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A161 #61A4E4
analogous
#E46162 #E4A161 #E4E261
triadic
#E4A161 #61E4A1 #A161E4
tetradic
#E4A161 #62E461 #61A4E4 #E261E4
square
#E4A161 #62E461 #61A4E4 #E261E4
split-complementary
#E4A161 #61E4E2 #6162E4
monochromatic
#AD641E #DB822D #E4A161 #EDC095 #F6DFCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E4A161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#E4A161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A161
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A161 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A161 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 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)
#B6A65B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B562
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a161; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 63.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bd8f',
500: '#e4a161',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a161; $custom-light: #f0bd8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a161",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.313,
"s": 70.811,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76063,
"c": 0.11345,
"h": 63.4
},
"luminance": 0.42847
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A161
secondary
#B9D1E7
accent
#75D313
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D