#E4A252#E4A252

#E4A252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A252
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 16.58, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 53.03, 71.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.044 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.124 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4412, 42.9476, 13.8248)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A252 #5294E4

analogous

#E45952 #E4A252 #DDE452

triadic

#E4A252 #52E4A2 #A252E4

tetradic

#E4A252 #52E459 #5294E4 #E452DD

square

#E4A252 #52E459 #5294E4 #E452DD

split-complementary

#E4A252 #52DDE4 #5952E4

monochromatic

#A26419 #D78522 #E4A252 #ECBE87 #F5DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#E4A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A252

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A252	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)

#B8A64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd85',
    500: '#e4a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a252;
$custom-light: #f1bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.877,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A252

secondary

#ADC6E5

accent

#69D510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A252

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

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