#E4AA48#E4AA48

#E4AA48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.132 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AA48
RGB	rgb(228, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 11.73, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 58.19, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0284 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.132 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5423, 45.7149, 12.4495)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AA48 #4882E4

analogous

#E45C48 #E4AA48 #D0E448

triadic

#E4AA48 #48E4AA #AA48E4

tetradic

#E4AA48 #48E45C #4882E4 #E448D0

square

#E4AA48 #48E45C #4882E4 #E448D0

split-complementary

#E4AA48 #48D0E4 #5C48E4

monochromatic

#9B6A17 #D08E1F #E4AA48 #ECC37D #F4DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E4AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#E4AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AA48

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AA48	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.132 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c37f',
    500: '#e4aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4aa48;
$custom-light: #f1c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77467,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AA48

secondary

#A5BCE3

accent

#7CF137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AA48

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

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