#E4A949#E4A949

#E4A949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.131 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A949
RGB	rgb(228, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 12.32, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 57.63, 77.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0303 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.131 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3885, 45.3545, 12.5605)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A949 #4984E4

analogous

#E45C49 #E4A949 #D2E449

triadic

#E4A949 #49E4A9 #A949E4

tetradic

#E4A949 #49E45C #4984E4 #E449D2

square

#E4A949 #49E45C #4984E4 #E449D2

split-complementary

#E4A949 #49D2E4 #5C49E4

monochromatic

#9C6917 #D18D1F #E4A949 #ECC27E #F4DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E4A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#E4A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A949

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A949	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.131 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c280',
    500: '#e4a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a949;
$custom-light: #f1c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77285,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A949

secondary

#A6BDE3

accent

#7EF137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A949

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

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