#E4A23D#E4A23D

#E4A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A23D
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 73.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 15.44, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.59, 75.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0379 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.137 74)
XYZ	xyz(45.7608, 42.6754, 10.2411)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A23D #3D7FE4

analogous

#E44E3D #E4A23D #D3E43D

triadic

#E4A23D #3DE4A2 #A23DE4

tetradic

#E4A23D #3DE44E #3D7FE4 #E43DD3

square

#E4A23D #3DE44E #3D7FE4 #E43DD3

split-complementary

#E4A23D #3DD3E4 #4E3DE4

monochromatic

#926014 #C8841C #E4A23D #EBBC73 #F3D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E4A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E4A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A23D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A23D	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd78',
    500: '#e4a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a23d;
$custom-light: #f2bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.287,
    "s": 75.566,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A23D

secondary

#9CB7E1

accent

#80F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A23D

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

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