#E4A253#E4A253

#E4A253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A253
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 16.64, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 52.61, 71.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0444 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.123 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4795, 42.9629, 14.0266)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A253 #5395E4

analogous

#E45953 #E4A253 #DDE453

triadic

#E4A253 #53E4A2 #A253E4

tetradic

#E4A253 #53E459 #5395E4 #E453DD

square

#E4A253 #53E459 #5395E4 #E453DD

split-complementary

#E4A253 #53DDE4 #5953E4

monochromatic

#A3641A #D88522 #E4A253 #ECBF88 #F5DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#E4A253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A253

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A253	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)

#B8A64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd86',
    500: '#e4a253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a253;
$custom-light: #f1bd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.69,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7607,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A253

secondary

#AEC7E5

accent

#6AD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A253

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

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