#E4A545#E4A545

#E4A545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A545
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 14.23, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 58.76, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0354 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.133 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5273, 43.8376, 11.6401)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A545 #4584E4

analogous

#E45545 #E4A545 #D4E445

triadic

#E4A545 #45E4A5 #A545E4

tetradic

#E4A545 #45E455 #4584E4 #E445D4

square

#E4A545 #45E455 #4584E4 #E445D4

split-complementary

#E4A545 #45D4E4 #5545E4

monochromatic

#986516 #CE881E #E4A545 #ECBF7A #F4D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E4A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#E4A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A545

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A545	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)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf7d',
    500: '#e4a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a545;
$custom-light: #f1bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76489,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A545

secondary

#A3BCE2

accent

#81F137

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A545

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

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