#E4A951#E4A951

#E4A951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A951
RGB	rgb(228, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 12.78, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 54.26, 76.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0327 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.125 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6710, 45.4675, 14.0483)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A951 #518CE4

analogous

#E45F51 #E4A951 #D6E451

triadic

#E4A951 #51E4A9 #A951E4

tetradic

#E4A951 #51E45F #518CE4 #E451D6

square

#E4A951 #51E45F #518CE4 #E451D6

split-complementary

#E4A951 #51D6E4 #5F51E4

monochromatic

#A26B19 #D78E21 #E4A951 #ECC386 #F4DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E4A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#E4A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A951

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A951	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)

#BFAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c285',
    500: '#e4a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a951;
$custom-light: #f1c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.918,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A951

secondary

#ACC3E4

accent

#5FD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A951

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

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