#E4A260#E4A260
#E4A260 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A260 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 162, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.68, 17.54, 43.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.68, 47.03, 68.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.24% 0.0488 0.1031) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.24% 0.114 64.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0293, 43.1828, 16.9222) |
| Luminance | 0.4318 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.47
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.21
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.37
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.93
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.12
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A260 #60A2E4
analogous
#E46060 #E4A260 #E4E460
triadic
#E4A260 #60E4A2 #A260E4
tetradic
#E4A260 #60E460 #60A2E4 #E460E4
square
#E4A260 #60E460 #60A2E4 #E460E4
split-complementary
#E4A260 #60E4E4 #6060E4
monochromatic
#AC651D #DB832C #E4A260 #EDC194 #F6DFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E4A260 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E4A260 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A260
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A260 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A260 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.64 | 9.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A75A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B661
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a260; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 64.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bd8f',
500: '#e4a260',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a260; $custom-light: #f0bd8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a260",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 162,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 70.968,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76235,
"c": 0.11406,
"h": 64.6
},
"luminance": 0.43179
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A260
secondary
#B9D0E7
accent
#73D313
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D