#E4A950#E4A950

#E4A950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A950
RGB	rgb(228, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 12.72, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 54.69, 76.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0324 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.126 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6338, 45.4527, 13.8523)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A950 #508BE4

analogous

#E45F50 #E4A950 #D5E450

triadic

#E4A950 #50E4A9 #A950E4

tetradic

#E4A950 #50E45F #508BE4 #E450D5

square

#E4A950 #50E45F #508BE4 #E450D5

split-complementary

#E4A950 #50D5E4 #5F50E4

monochromatic

#A16B19 #D68E21 #E4A950 #ECC385 #F4DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E4A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#E4A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A950

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A950	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c284',
    500: '#e4a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a950;
$custom-light: #f1c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77356,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A950

secondary

#ACC2E4

accent

#5FD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A950

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

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