#E4A562#E4A562

#E4A562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A562
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 16.09, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 46.40, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0448 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.112 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6574, 44.2896, 17.5916)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A562 #62A1E4

analogous

#E46462 #E4A562 #E2E462

triadic

#E4A562 #62E4A5 #A562E4

tetradic

#E4A562 #62E464 #62A1E4 #E462E2

square

#E4A562 #62E464 #62A1E4 #E462E2

split-complementary

#E4A562 #62E2E4 #6462E4

monochromatic

#AE681E #DB872E #E4A562 #EDC396 #F6E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E4A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#E4A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A562

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A562	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf90',
    500: '#e4a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a562;
$custom-light: #f0bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.923,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76821,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A562

secondary

#BAD0E8

accent

#70D313

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A562

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

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