#E4A262#E4A262
#E4A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A262 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 162, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 57%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.70, 17.70, 42.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.70, 46.18, 67.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.26% 0.0496 0.1011) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.26% 0.113 63.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1226, 43.2201, 17.4134) |
| Luminance | 0.4322 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.33
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.27
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.30
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.79
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.42
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A262 #62A4E4
analogous
#E46263 #E4A262 #E4E362
triadic
#E4A262 #62E4A2 #A262E4
tetradic
#E4A262 #63E462 #62A4E4 #E362E4
square
#E4A262 #63E462 #62A4E4 #E362E4
split-complementary
#E4A262 #62E4E3 #6263E4
monochromatic
#AE651E #DB832E #E4A262 #EDC196 #F6E0CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E4A262 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E4A262 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A262
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A262 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A262 | 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)
#B7A75C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B663
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a262; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 162, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 63.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bd90',
500: '#e4a262',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a262; $custom-light: #f0bd90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a262",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 162,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.538,
"s": 70.652,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76262,
"c": 0.11258,
"h": 63.9
},
"luminance": 0.43216
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A262
secondary
#BAD1E8
accent
#74D313
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D