#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
RGBrgb(228, 169, 81)
HSLhsl(36, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(36, 64%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.20, 12.78, 52.73)
CIE-LCHlch(73.20, 54.26, 76.37°)
OKLaboklab(77.37% 0.0327 0.1209)
OKLCHoklch(77.37% 0.125 74.9)
XYZxyz(47.6710, 45.4675, 14.0483)
Luminance0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

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
##E4A9511.002.0810.0910.09
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0921.001.001.00
##00000010.0921.001.001.00

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

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#E4A951 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva