#E4A243#E4A243

#E4A243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.134 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A243
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 70.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 15.73, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 59.24, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0395 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.134 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9315, 42.7437, 11.1404)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A243 #4385E4

analogous

#E45143 #E4A243 #D5E443

triadic

#E4A243 #43E4A2 #A243E4

tetradic

#E4A243 #43E451 #4385E4 #E443D5

square

#E4A243 #43E451 #4385E4 #E443D5

split-complementary

#E4A243 #43D5E4 #5143E4

monochromatic

#976216 #CC851D #E4A243 #ECBC79 #F3D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E4A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#E4A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A243

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A243	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.134 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd7c',
    500: '#e4a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a243;
$custom-light: #f1bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.404,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75906,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A243

secondary

#A1BCE2

accent

#83F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A243

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

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