#E4A261#E4A261

#E4A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A261
RGB	rgb(228, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 17.62, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 46.61, 67.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0492 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.113 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0757, 43.2013, 17.1662)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A261 #61A3E4

analogous

#E46161 #E4A261 #E4E361

triadic

#E4A261 #61E4A2 #A261E4

tetradic

#E4A261 #61E461 #61A3E4 #E361E4

square

#E4A261 #61E461 #61A3E4 #E361E4

split-complementary

#E4A261 #61E4E3 #6161E4

monochromatic

#AD651E #DB832D #E4A261 #EDC195 #F6E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E4A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#E4A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A261

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A261	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)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bd8f',
    500: '#e4a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a261;
$custom-light: #f0bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.771,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76248,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A261

secondary

#B9D1E7

accent

#73D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A261

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

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