#E4A957#E4A957

#E4A957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4A957
RGB	rgb(228, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, 13.17, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 51.66, 75.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% 0.0347 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.121 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9060, 45.5616, 15.2861)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4A957 #5792E4

analogous

#E46357 #E4A957 #D8E457

triadic

#E4A957 #57E4A9 #A957E4

tetradic

#E4A957 #57E463 #5792E4 #E457D8

square

#E4A957 #57E463 #5792E4 #E457D8

split-complementary

#E4A957 #57D8E4 #6357E4

monochromatic

#A66C1B #DB8E23 #E4A957 #ECC48C #F5DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E4A957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#E4A957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4A957

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4A957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4A957	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4a957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c289',
    500: '#e4a957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4a957;
$custom-light: #f0c289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4a957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77434,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4A957

secondary

#B1C7E6

accent

#63D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4A957

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

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