#E4A165#E4A165

#E4A165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A165
RGB	rgb(228, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 18.47, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 44.85, 65.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0523 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.111 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0915, 42.9269, 18.1149)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A165 #65A8E4

analogous

#E46569 #E4A165 #E4E065

triadic

#E4A165 #65E4A1 #A165E4

tetradic

#E4A165 #69E465 #65A8E4 #E065E4

square

#E4A165 #69E465 #65A8E4 #E065E4

split-complementary

#E4A165 #65E4E0 #6569E4

monochromatic

#B0631F #DB8131 #E4A165 #EDC199 #F6E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#E4A165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A165

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A165	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd92',
    500: '#e4a165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a165;
$custom-light: #f0bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.346,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7612,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A165

secondary

#BCD4E8

accent

#78D213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A165

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

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