#E4A16A#E4A16A
#E4A16A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.107 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A16A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 69%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 54%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 53.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.57, 18.88, 38.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.57, 42.75, 63.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.2% 0.0541 0.0922) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.2% 0.107 59.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3439, 43.0279, 19.4446) |
| Luminance | 0.4302 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.37
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.60
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.74
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.06
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A16A #6AADE4
analogous
#E46A70 #E4A16A #E4DE6A
triadic
#E4A16A #6AE4A1 #A16AE4
tetradic
#E4A16A #70E46A #6AADE4 #DE6AE4
square
#E4A16A #70E46A #6AADE4 #DE6AE4
split-complementary
#E4A16A #6AE4DE #6A70E4
monochromatic
#B36320 #DB8036 #E4A16A #EDC29E #F7E2D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E4A16A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.60
#E4A16A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A16A
9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A16A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A16A | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.60 | 9.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A665
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B56B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a16a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.107 59.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bd95',
500: '#e4a16a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a16a; $custom-light: #f0bd95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a16a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.049,
"s": 69.318,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76196,
"c": 0.10692,
"h": 59.6
},
"luminance": 0.43024
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A16A
secondary
#C0D7E9
accent
#7CD114
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E