#E4A259#E4A259

#E4A259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A259
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 17.04, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 50.04, 70.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0464 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.119 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7213, 43.0596, 15.2999)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A259 #599BE4

analogous

#E45D59 #E4A259 #E0E459

triadic

#E4A259 #59E4A2 #A259E4

tetradic

#E4A259 #59E45D #599BE4 #E459E0

square

#E4A259 #59E45D #599BE4 #E459E0

split-complementary

#E4A259 #59E0E4 #5D59E4

monochromatic

#A7651B #DB8524 #E4A259 #EDBF8E #F5DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E4A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#E4A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A259

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A259	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd8a',
    500: '#e4a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a259;
$custom-light: #f0bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.511,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A259

secondary

#B3CBE6

accent

#6ED411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A259

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

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