#E4A45E#E4A45E
#E4A45E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A45E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 164, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.13, 16.33, 45.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.13, 48.05, 70.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.58% 0.0449 0.1063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.58% 0.115 67.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2935, 43.8567, 16.5618) |
| Luminance | 0.4385 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.26
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.46
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.55
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.61
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.79
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A45E #5E9EE4
analogous
#E4615E #E4A45E #E1E45E
triadic
#E4A45E #5EE4A4 #A45EE4
tetradic
#E4A45E #5EE461 #5E9EE4 #E45EE1
square
#E4A45E #5EE461 #5E9EE4 #E45EE1
split-complementary
#E4A45E #5EE1E4 #615EE4
monochromatic
#AB671D #DB862A #E4A45E #EDC292 #F6DFC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E4A45E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.77
#E4A45E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A45E
9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A45E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A45E | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.77 | 9.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a45e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 67.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bf8d',
500: '#e4a45e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a45e; $custom-light: #f0bf8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a45e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 164,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.343,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7658,
"c": 0.11538,
"h": 67.1
},
"luminance": 0.43853
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A45E
secondary
#B7CEE7
accent
#6ED312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D