#E4A449#E4A449

#E4A449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.130 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A449
RGB	rgb(228, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 14.98, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 57.01, 74.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0381 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.13 73)
XYZ	xyz(46.4760, 43.5297, 12.2563)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A449 #4989E4

analogous

#E45749 #E4A449 #D7E449

triadic

#E4A449 #49E4A4 #A449E4

tetradic

#E4A449 #49E457 #4989E4 #E449D7

square

#E4A449 #49E457 #4989E4 #E449D7

split-complementary

#E4A449 #49D7E4 #5749E4

monochromatic

#9C6517 #D1871F #E4A449 #ECBF7E #F4D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E4A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#E4A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A449

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A449	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.130 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1be80',
    500: '#e4a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a449;
$custom-light: #f1be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.226,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76338,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A449

secondary

#A6BFE3

accent

#84F137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A449

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

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