#E4A857#E4A857

#E4A857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A857
RGB	rgb(228, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 13.70, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 51.53, 74.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0362 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.121 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7207, 45.1909, 15.2243)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A857 #5793E4

analogous

#E46257 #E4A857 #DAE457

triadic

#E4A857 #57E4A8 #A857E4

tetradic

#E4A857 #57E462 #5793E4 #E457DA

square

#E4A857 #57E462 #5793E4 #E457DA

split-complementary

#E4A857 #57DAE4 #6257E4

monochromatic

#A66B1B #DB8D23 #E4A857 #ECC38C #F5DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E4A857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#E4A857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A857

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A857	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c189',
    500: '#e4a857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a857;
$custom-light: #f0c189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A857

secondary

#B1C8E6

accent

#64D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A857

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

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