#E4AA51#E4AA51

#E4AA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.125 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AA51
RGB	rgb(228, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 12.25, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 54.40, 76.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.0312 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.125 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8577, 45.8410, 14.1106)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AA51 #518BE4

analogous

#E46151 #E4AA51 #D4E451

triadic

#E4AA51 #51E4AA #AA51E4

tetradic

#E4AA51 #51E461 #518BE4 #E451D4

square

#E4AA51 #51E461 #518BE4 #E451D4

split-complementary

#E4AA51 #51D4E4 #6151E4

monochromatic

#A26C19 #D78F21 #E4AA51 #ECC486 #F4DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E4AA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#E4AA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AA51

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AA51	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4aa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.125 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c385',
    500: '#e4aa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4aa51;
$custom-light: #f1c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4aa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.327,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77557,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AA51

secondary

#ACC3E4

accent

#5ED510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AA51

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

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