#E4A251#E4A251

#E4A251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A251
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 16.51, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 53.45, 72.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0437 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.125 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4034, 42.9324, 13.6258)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A251 #5193E4

analogous

#E45851 #E4A251 #DDE451

triadic

#E4A251 #51E4A2 #A251E4

tetradic

#E4A251 #51E458 #5193E4 #E451DD

square

#E4A251 #51E458 #5193E4 #E451DD

split-complementary

#E4A251 #51DDE4 #5851E4

monochromatic

#A26419 #D78521 #E4A251 #ECBE86 #F4DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#E4A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A251

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A251	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd85',
    500: '#e4a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a251;
$custom-light: #f1bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76048,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A251

secondary

#ACC6E4

accent

#69D510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A251

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

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