#E4A560#E4A560
#E4A560 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4A560 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 165, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.40, 15.94, 44.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.40, 47.27, 70.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.79% 0.0441 0.105) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.79% 0.114 67.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5641, 44.2523, 17.1005) |
| Luminance | 0.4425 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.34
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.53
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.57
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.66
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.82
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4A560 #609FE4
analogous
#E46360 #E4A560 #E1E460
triadic
#E4A560 #60E4A5 #A560E4
tetradic
#E4A560 #60E463 #609FE4 #E460E1
square
#E4A560 #60E463 #609FE4 #E460E1
split-complementary
#E4A560 #60E1E4 #6360E4
monochromatic
#AC681D #DB872C #E4A560 #EDC394 #F6E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E4A560 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E4A560 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4A560
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4A560 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4A560 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA95A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F69695
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4a560; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 67.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bf8f',
500: '#e4a560',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4a560; $custom-light: #f0bf8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4a560",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 165,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.364,
"s": 70.968,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76794,
"c": 0.11384,
"h": 67.2
},
"luminance": 0.44249
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4A560
secondary
#B9CFE7
accent
#6ED313
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D