#E4A457#E4A457

#E4A457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A457
RGB	rgb(228, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 15.83, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 51.08, 71.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0425 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.121 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9936, 43.7367, 14.9819)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A457 #5797E4

analogous

#E45E57 #E4A457 #DEE457

triadic

#E4A457 #57E4A4 #A457E4

tetradic

#E4A457 #57E45E #5797E4 #E457DE

square

#E4A457 #57E45E #5797E4 #E457DE

split-complementary

#E4A457 #57DEE4 #5E57E4

monochromatic

#A6671B #DB8723 #E4A457 #ECC18C #F5DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E4A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E4A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A457

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A457	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf89',
    500: '#e4a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a457;
$custom-light: #f0bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.766,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76491,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A457

secondary

#B1C9E6

accent

#6AD411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A457

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

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