#E4A172#E4A172
#E4A172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.101 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A172 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 161, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 68%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 50%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 50%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.69, 19.58, 34.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.69, 39.49, 60.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.33% 0.0572 0.0836) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.33% 0.101 55.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7795, 43.2022, 21.7387) |
| Luminance | 0.4320 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.88
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.25
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.16
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.60
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 6.90
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A172 #72B5E4
analogous
#E4727C #E4A172 #E4DA72
triadic
#E4A172 #72E4A1 #A172E4
tetradic
#E4A172 #7CE472 #72B5E4 #DA72E4
square
#E4A172 #7CE472 #72B5E4 #DA72E4
split-complementary
#E4A172 #72E4DA #727CE4
monochromatic
#B86123 #DA7F3F #E4A172 #EEC3A5 #F8E5D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E4A172 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E4A172 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A172
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A172 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A172 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.64 | 9.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A76E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B672
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F59495
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a172; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 161, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.101 55.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efbd9b',
500: '#e4a172',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a172; $custom-light: #efbd9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a172",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 161,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.737,
"s": 67.857,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76326,
"c": 0.10124,
"h": 55.6
},
"luminance": 0.43199
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A172
secondary
#C7DCEB
accent
#83D016
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E