#E4A250#E4A250

#E4A250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A250
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 16.45, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 53.88, 72.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0434 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.125 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3662, 42.9176, 13.4298)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A250 #5092E4

analogous

#E45850 #E4A250 #DCE450

triadic

#E4A250 #50E4A2 #A250E4

tetradic

#E4A250 #50E458 #5092E4 #E450DC

square

#E4A250 #50E458 #5092E4 #E450DC

split-complementary

#E4A250 #50DCE4 #5850E4

monochromatic

#A16419 #D68521 #E4A250 #ECBE85 #F4DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#E4A250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A250

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A250	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd84',
    500: '#e4a250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a250;
$custom-light: #f1bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.243,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A250

secondary

#ACC5E4

accent

#68D510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A250

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

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