#E4A461#E4A461
#E4A461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A461 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 164, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 57.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.17, 16.55, 43.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.17, 46.75, 69.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.62% 0.046 0.1034) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.62% 0.113 66) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4308, 43.9115, 17.2846) |
| Luminance | 0.4391 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.91
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.37
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.40
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.90
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.65
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A461 #61A1E4
analogous
#E46261 #E4A461 #E2E461
triadic
#E4A461 #61E4A4 #A461E4
tetradic
#E4A461 #61E462 #61A1E4 #E461E2
square
#E4A461 #61E462 #61A1E4 #E461E2
split-complementary
#E4A461 #61E2E4 #6261E4
monochromatic
#AD671E #DB862D #E4A461 #EDC295 #F6E0CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E4A461 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.78
#E4A461 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A461
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A461 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A461 | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.78 | 9.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A85B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B762
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a461; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 66.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bf8f',
500: '#e4a461',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a461; $custom-light: #f0bf8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a461",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 164,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.687,
"s": 70.811,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76621,
"c": 0.11313,
"h": 66
},
"luminance": 0.43908
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A461
secondary
#B9D0E7
accent
#71D313
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D