#E4A35E#E4A35E
#E4A35E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A35E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 163, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.89, 16.86, 44.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.89, 47.97, 69.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.39% 0.0465 0.1056) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.39% 0.115 66.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1153, 43.5001, 16.5024) |
| Luminance | 0.4350 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.31
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.53
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.68
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.51
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A35E #5E9FE4
analogous
#E4605E #E4A35E #E2E45E
triadic
#E4A35E #5EE4A3 #A35EE4
tetradic
#E4A35E #5EE460 #5E9FE4 #E45EE2
square
#E4A35E #5EE460 #5E9FE4 #E45EE2
split-complementary
#E4A35E #5EE2E4 #605EE4
monochromatic
#AB661D #DB852A #E4A35E #EDC192 #F6DFC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E4A35E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.70
#E4A35E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A35E
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A35E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A35E | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.70 | 9.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A758
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a35e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 163, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 66.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0be8d',
500: '#e4a35e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a35e; $custom-light: #f0be8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a35e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 163,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.896,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76393,
"c": 0.11544,
"h": 66.2
},
"luminance": 0.43497
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A35E
secondary
#B7CEE7
accent
#70D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D