#E4A35F#E4A35F
#E4A35F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A35F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 163, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 58.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.91, 16.93, 44.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.91, 47.54, 69.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.41% 0.0469 0.1047) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.41% 0.115 65.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1604, 43.5182, 16.7402) |
| Luminance | 0.4351 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.83
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.29
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.45
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.80
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.42
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A35F #5FA0E4
analogous
#E4605F #E4A35F #E2E45F
triadic
#E4A35F #5FE4A3 #A35FE4
tetradic
#E4A35F #5FE460 #5FA0E4 #E45FE2
square
#E4A35F #5FE460 #5FA0E4 #E45FE2
split-complementary
#E4A35F #5FE2E4 #605FE4
monochromatic
#AC661D #DB852B #E4A35F #EDC193 #F6DFC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E4A35F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.70
#E4A35F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A35F
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A35F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A35F | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.70 | 9.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 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)
#B8A759
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B660
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a35f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 163, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 65.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0be8e',
500: '#e4a35f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a35f; $custom-light: #f0be8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a35f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 163,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.677,
"s": 71.123,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76407,
"c": 0.11469,
"h": 65.9
},
"luminance": 0.43515
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A35F
secondary
#B8CFE7
accent
#71D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D