#E4A257#E4A257

#E4A257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A257
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 16.90, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 50.90, 70.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0457 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.121 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6385, 43.0265, 14.8636)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A257 #5799E4

analogous

#E45C57 #E4A257 #E0E457

triadic

#E4A257 #57E4A2 #A257E4

tetradic

#E4A257 #57E45C #5799E4 #E457E0

square

#E4A257 #57E45C #5799E4 #E457E0

split-complementary

#E4A257 #57E0E4 #5C57E4

monochromatic

#A6651B #DB8523 #E4A257 #ECBF8C #F5DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E4A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#E4A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A257

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A257	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)

#B8A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd89',
    500: '#e4a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a257;
$custom-light: #f0bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.915,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76118,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A257

secondary

#B1CAE6

accent

#6DD411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A257

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

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