#E4A249#E4A249

#E4A249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A249
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 16.04, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 56.80, 73.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0412 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.13 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1209, 42.8194, 12.1379)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A249 #498BE4

analogous

#E45549 #E4A249 #D8E449

triadic

#E4A249 #49E4A2 #A249E4

tetradic

#E4A249 #49E455 #498BE4 #E449D8

square

#E4A249 #49E455 #498BE4 #E449D8

split-complementary

#E4A249 #49D8E4 #5549E4

monochromatic

#9C6317 #D1851F #E4A249 #ECBD7E #F4D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E4A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#E4A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A249

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A249	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd80',
    500: '#e4a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a249;
$custom-light: #f1bd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.452,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75963,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A249

secondary

#A6C0E3

accent

#86F137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A249

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