#E4A35C#E4A35C
#E4A35C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A35C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 163, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 59.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.87, 16.72, 45.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.87, 48.83, 69.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.37% 0.0458 0.1076) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.37% 0.117 66.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0267, 43.4647, 16.0359) |
| Luminance | 0.4346 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.20
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.36
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.46
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.70
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.72
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A35C #5C9DE4
analogous
#E45F5C #E4A35C #E1E45C
triadic
#E4A35C #5CE4A3 #A35CE4
tetradic
#E4A35C #5CE45F #5C9DE4 #E45CE1
square
#E4A35C #5CE45F #5C9DE4 #E45CE1
split-complementary
#E4A35C #5CE1E4 #5F5CE4
monochromatic
#AA661C #DB8527 #E4A35C #EDC191 #F5DEC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E4A35C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#E4A35C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A35C
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A35C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A35C | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.69 | 9.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A756
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79492
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a35c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 163, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 66.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0be8c',
500: '#e4a35c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a35c; $custom-light: #f0be8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a35c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 163,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.324,
"s": 71.579,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76367,
"c": 0.11691,
"h": 66.9
},
"luminance": 0.43461
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A35C
secondary
#B5CDE7
accent
#6ED412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D