#E4A245#E4A245

#E4A245 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.133 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A245
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 15.83, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 58.44, 74.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0401 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.133 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9926, 42.7681, 11.4618)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A245 #4587E4

analogous

#E45245 #E4A245 #D7E445

triadic

#E4A245 #45E4A2 #A245E4

tetradic

#E4A245 #45E452 #4587E4 #E445D7

square

#E4A245 #45E452 #4587E4 #E445D7

split-complementary

#E4A245 #45D7E4 #5245E4

monochromatic

#986216 #CE851E #E4A245 #ECBD7A #F4D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E4A245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#E4A245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A245

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A245	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)

#B9A63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.133 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd7d',
    500: '#e4a245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a245;
$custom-light: #f1bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.094,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75924,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A245

secondary

#A3BDE2

accent

#84F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A245

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

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