#E4A565#E4A565

#E4A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A565
RGB	rgb(228, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 16.33, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 45.10, 68.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0459 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.11 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8017, 44.3474, 18.3516)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A565 #65A4E4

analogous

#E46665 #E4A565 #E4E465

triadic

#E4A565 #65E4A5 #A565E4

tetradic

#E4A565 #65E466 #65A4E4 #E465E4

square

#E4A565 #65E466 #65A4E4 #E465E4

split-complementary

#E4A565 #65E4E4 #6665E4

monochromatic

#B0681F #DB8731 #E4A565 #EDC399 #F6E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E4A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#E4A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A565

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A565	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf92',
    500: '#e4a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a565;
$custom-light: #f0bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.236,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A565

secondary

#BCD2E8

accent

#72D213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF7F1

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A565

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

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