#E4A162#E4A162

#E4A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A162
RGB	rgb(228, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 18.23, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 46.12, 66.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0512 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.113 63)
XYZ	xyz(46.9471, 42.8692, 17.3549)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A162 #62A5E4

analogous

#E46264 #E4A162 #E4E262

triadic

#E4A162 #62E4A1 #A162E4

tetradic

#E4A162 #64E462 #62A5E4 #E262E4

square

#E4A162 #64E462 #62A5E4 #E262E4

split-complementary

#E4A162 #62E4E2 #6264E4

monochromatic

#AE641E #DB822E #E4A162 #EDC096 #F6E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#E4A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A162

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A162	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)

#B6A65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd90',
    500: '#e4a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a162;
$custom-light: #f0bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.077,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76077,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.42866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A162

secondary

#BAD2E8

accent

#76D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A162

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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