#E4AD49#E4AD49

#E4AD49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.132 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AD49
RGB	rgb(228, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 10.19, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 58.24, 79.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% 0.0241 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.132 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1440, 46.8657, 12.8123)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AD49 #4980E4

analogous

#E46049 #E4AD49 #CDE449

triadic

#E4AD49 #49E4AD #AD49E4

tetradic

#E4AD49 #49E460 #4980E4 #E449CD

square

#E4AD49 #49E460 #4980E4 #E449CD

split-complementary

#E4AD49 #49CDE4 #6049E4

monochromatic

#9C6D17 #D1921F #E4AD49 #ECC57E #F4DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E4AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#E4AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AD49

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AD49	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.132 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c580',
    500: '#e4ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ad49;
$custom-light: #f1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78052,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AD49

secondary

#A6BCE3

accent

#79F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AD49

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

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