#E4A256#E4A256

#E4A256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A256
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 16.84, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 51.32, 70.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0454 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.121 68)
XYZ	xyz(46.5979, 43.0102, 14.6499)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A256 #5698E4

analogous

#E45B56 #E4A256 #DFE456

triadic

#E4A256 #56E4A2 #A256E4

tetradic

#E4A256 #56E45B #5698E4 #E456DF

square

#E4A256 #56E45B #5698E4 #E456DF

split-complementary

#E4A256 #56DFE4 #5B56E4

monochromatic

#A5651A #DA8523 #E4A256 #ECBF8B #F5DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#E4A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A256

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A256	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)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd88',
    500: '#e4a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a256;
$custom-light: #f1bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.113,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76106,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.43007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A256

secondary

#B0C9E5

accent

#6CD511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A256

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

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