#E4A44E#E4A44E

#E4A44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A44E
RGB	rgb(228, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 15.26, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 54.92, 73.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% 0.0396 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.127 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6485, 43.5986, 13.1648)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A44E #4E8EE4

analogous

#E4594E #E4A44E #D9E44E

triadic

#E4A44E #4EE4A4 #A44EE4

tetradic

#E4A44E #4EE459 #4E8EE4 #E44ED9

square

#E4A44E #4EE459 #4E8EE4 #E44ED9

split-complementary

#E4A44E #4ED9E4 #594EE4

monochromatic

#9F6618 #D48820 #E4A44E #ECBF83 #F4DBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E4A44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E4A44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A44E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A44E	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1be83',
    500: '#e4a44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a44e;
$custom-light: #f1be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76389,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A44E

secondary

#AAC3E4

accent

#86F038

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A44E

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

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