#E4A848#E4A848

#E4A848 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.131 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A848
RGB	rgb(228, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, 12.79, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 57.91, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0316 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.131 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1703, 44.9707, 12.3255)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A848 #4884E4

analogous

#E45A48 #E4A848 #D2E448

triadic

#E4A848 #48E4A8 #A848E4

tetradic

#E4A848 #48E45A #4884E4 #E448D2

square

#E4A848 #48E45A #4884E4 #E448D2

split-complementary

#E4A848 #48D2E4 #5A48E4

monochromatic

#9B6817 #D08C1F #E4A848 #ECC17D #F4DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E4A848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#E4A848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A848

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A848	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.131 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c17f',
    500: '#e4a848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a848;
$custom-light: #f1c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A848

secondary

#A5BDE3

accent

#7EF137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A848

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