#E4A549#E4A549

#E4A549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.130 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A549
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 14.44, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 57.12, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0365 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.13 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6557, 43.8890, 12.3162)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A549 #4988E4

analogous

#E45849 #E4A549 #D6E449

triadic

#E4A549 #49E4A5 #A549E4

tetradic

#E4A549 #49E458 #4988E4 #E449D6

square

#E4A549 #49E458 #4988E4 #E449D6

split-complementary

#E4A549 #49D6E4 #5849E4

monochromatic

#9C6617 #D1891F #E4A549 #ECBF7E #F4DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E4A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#E4A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A549

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A549	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.130 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf80',
    500: '#e4a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a549;
$custom-light: #f1bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.613,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76526,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A549

secondary

#A6BFE3

accent

#83F137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A549

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

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