#E4A462#E4A462

#E4A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A462
RGB	rgb(228, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(30, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 16.63, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 46.32, 68.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0464 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.112 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4777, 43.9303, 17.5317)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A462 #62A2E4

analogous

#E46362 #E4A462 #E3E462

triadic

#E4A462 #62E4A4 #A462E4

tetradic

#E4A462 #62E463 #62A2E4 #E462E3

square

#E4A462 #62E463 #62A2E4 #E462E3

split-complementary

#E4A462 #62E3E4 #6362E4

monochromatic

#AE671E #DB862E #E4A462 #EDC296 #F6E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E4A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E4A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A462

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A462	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf90',
    500: '#e4a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a462;
$custom-light: #f0bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.462,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A462

secondary

#BAD1E8

accent

#71D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A462

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