#E4AD48#E4AD48

#E4AD48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.132 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AD48
RGB	rgb(228, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 10.14, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 58.66, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0238 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.132 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1111, 46.8525, 12.6391)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AD48 #487FE4

analogous

#E45F48 #E4AD48 #CDE448

triadic

#E4AD48 #48E4AD #AD48E4

tetradic

#E4AD48 #48E45F #487FE4 #E448CD

square

#E4AD48 #48E45F #487FE4 #E448CD

split-complementary

#E4AD48 #48CDE4 #5F48E4

monochromatic

#9B6C17 #D0921F #E4AD48 #ECC57D #F4DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E4AD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#E4AD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AD48

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AD48	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.132 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c580',
    500: '#e4ad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ad48;
$custom-light: #f1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AD48

secondary

#A5BBE3

accent

#78F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AD48

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

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