#E4A459#E4A459

#E4A459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A459
RGB	rgb(228, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 15.97, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 50.22, 71.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0432 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.119 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0764, 43.7698, 15.4182)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A459 #5999E4

analogous

#E45F59 #E4A459 #DFE459

triadic

#E4A459 #59E4A4 #A459E4

tetradic

#E4A459 #59E45F #5999E4 #E459DF

square

#E4A459 #59E45F #5999E4 #E459DF

split-complementary

#E4A459 #59DFE4 #5F59E4

monochromatic

#A7671B #DB8724 #E4A459 #EDC18E #F5DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E4A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E4A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A459

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A459	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)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf8a',
    500: '#e4a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a459;
$custom-light: #f0bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.374,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76516,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A459

secondary

#B3CAE6

accent

#6BD411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A459

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

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