#E4A855#E4A855

#E4A855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A855
RGB	rgb(228, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 13.57, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 52.40, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0356 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.122 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6401, 45.1587, 14.7999)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A855 #5591E4

analogous

#E46155 #E4A855 #D9E455

triadic

#E4A855 #55E4A8 #A855E4

tetradic

#E4A855 #55E461 #5591E4 #E455D9

square

#E4A855 #55E461 #5591E4 #E455D9

split-complementary

#E4A855 #55D9E4 #6155E4

monochromatic

#A46A1A #D98D23 #E4A855 #ECC38A #F5DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E4A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#E4A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A855

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A855	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c188',
    500: '#e4a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a855;
$custom-light: #f0c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.825,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77222,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A855

secondary

#B0C6E5

accent

#63D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A855

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

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