#E4A255#E4A255

#E4A255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A255
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 16.77, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 51.75, 71.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.045 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.122 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5579, 42.9942, 14.4392)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A255 #5597E4

analogous

#E45B55 #E4A255 #DEE455

triadic

#E4A255 #55E4A2 #A255E4

tetradic

#E4A255 #55E45B #5597E4 #E455DE

square

#E4A255 #55E45B #5597E4 #E455DE

split-complementary

#E4A255 #55DEE4 #5B55E4

monochromatic

#A4651A #D98523 #E4A255 #ECBF8A #F5DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#E4A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A255

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A255	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd87',
    500: '#e4a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a255;
$custom-light: #f1bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76094,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A255

secondary

#B0C8E5

accent

#6BD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A255

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

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