#E4A656#E4A656

#E4A656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A656
RGB	rgb(228, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 14.70, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 51.72, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0391 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.121 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3137, 44.4419, 14.8885)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A656 #5694E4

analogous

#E45F56 #E4A656 #DBE456

triadic

#E4A656 #56E4A6 #A656E4

tetradic

#E4A656 #56E45F #5694E4 #E456DB

square

#E4A656 #56E45F #5694E4 #E456DB

split-complementary

#E4A656 #56DBE4 #5F56E4

monochromatic

#A5691A #DA8A23 #E4A656 #ECC28B #F5DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E4A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E4A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A656

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A656	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c088',
    500: '#e4a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a656;
$custom-light: #f0c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.803,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76855,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A656

secondary

#B0C8E5

accent

#66D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A656

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

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