#E4A859#E4A859

#E4A859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A859
RGB	rgb(228, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, 13.84, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 50.65, 74.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0369 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.119 72)
XYZ	xyz(47.8035, 45.2240, 15.6606)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A859 #5995E4

analogous

#E46359 #E4A859 #DAE459

triadic

#E4A859 #59E4A8 #A859E4

tetradic

#E4A859 #59E463 #5995E4 #E459DA

square

#E4A859 #59E463 #5995E4 #E459DA

split-complementary

#E4A859 #59DAE4 #6359E4

monochromatic

#A76B1B #DB8C24 #E4A859 #EDC48E #F5DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E4A859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#E4A859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A859

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A859	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)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c18a',
    500: '#e4a859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a859;
$custom-light: #f0c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.101,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77269,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.45221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A859

secondary

#B3C9E6

accent

#65D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A859

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

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