#E4A853#E4A853

#E4A853 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A853
RGB	rgb(228, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, 13.44, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 53.26, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0349 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.124 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5618, 45.1273, 14.3874)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A853 #538FE4

analogous

#E45F53 #E4A853 #D8E453

triadic

#E4A853 #53E4A8 #A853E4

tetradic

#E4A853 #53E45F #538FE4 #E453D8

square

#E4A853 #53E45F #538FE4 #E453D8

split-complementary

#E4A853 #53D8E4 #5F53E4

monochromatic

#A36A1A #D88D22 #E4A853 #ECC388 #F5DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E4A853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#E4A853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A853

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A853	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c186',
    500: '#e4a853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a853;
$custom-light: #f0c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77199,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A853

secondary

#AEC5E5

accent

#62D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A853

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

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