#E4A561#E4A561

#E4A561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A561
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 16.02, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 46.84, 70.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0444 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.113 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6104, 44.2709, 17.3445)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A561 #61A0E4

analogous

#E46361 #E4A561 #E1E461

triadic

#E4A561 #61E4A5 #A561E4

tetradic

#E4A561 #61E463 #61A0E4 #E461E1

square

#E4A561 #61E463 #61A0E4 #E461E1

split-complementary

#E4A561 #61E1E4 #6361E4

monochromatic

#AD681E #DB872D #E4A561 #EDC395 #F6E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E4A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E4A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A561

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A561	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)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf8f',
    500: '#e4a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a561;
$custom-light: #f0bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.145,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A561

secondary

#B9D0E7

accent

#6FD313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A561

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

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