#E4A856#E4A856

#E4A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A856
RGB	rgb(228, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 13.64, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 51.96, 74.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0359 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.121 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6801, 45.1747, 15.0106)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A856 #5692E4

analogous

#E46156 #E4A856 #D9E456

triadic

#E4A856 #56E4A8 #A856E4

tetradic

#E4A856 #56E461 #5692E4 #E456D9

square

#E4A856 #56E461 #5692E4 #E456D9

split-complementary

#E4A856 #56D9E4 #6156E4

monochromatic

#A56B1A #DA8D23 #E4A856 #ECC38B #F5DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E4A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#E4A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A856

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A856	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)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c188',
    500: '#e4a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a856;
$custom-light: #f0c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.648,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A856

secondary

#B0C7E5

accent

#64D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A856

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

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