#E4AA49#E4AA49

#E4AA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AA49
RGB	rgb(228, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 11.78, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 57.78, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% 0.0287 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.131 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5752, 45.7280, 12.6227)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AA49 #4983E4

analogous

#E45D49 #E4AA49 #D1E449

triadic

#E4AA49 #49E4AA #AA49E4

tetradic

#E4AA49 #49E45D #4983E4 #E449D1

square

#E4AA49 #49E45D #4983E4 #E449D1

split-complementary

#E4AA49 #49D1E4 #5D49E4

monochromatic

#9C6A17 #D18E1F #E4AA49 #ECC37E #F4DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E4AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#E4AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AA49

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AA49	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)

#C0AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c380',
    500: '#e4aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4aa49;
$custom-light: #f1c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.548,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77476,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AA49

secondary

#A6BDE3

accent

#7DF137

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AA49

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

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