#E4A557#E4A557

#E4A557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A557
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 15.30, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 51.18, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.041 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.121 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1732, 44.0960, 15.0418)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A557 #5796E4

analogous

#E45E57 #E4A557 #DDE457

triadic

#E4A557 #57E4A5 #A557E4

tetradic

#E4A557 #57E45E #5796E4 #E457DD

square

#E4A557 #57E45E #5796E4 #E457DD

split-complementary

#E4A557 #57DDE4 #5E57E4

monochromatic

#A6681B #DB8923 #E4A557 #ECC18C #F5DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E4A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#E4A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A557

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A557	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf89',
    500: '#e4a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a557;
$custom-light: #f0bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.191,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76679,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A557

secondary

#B1C9E6

accent

#68D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A557

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

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