#E4AD4A#E4AD4A

#E4AD4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.131 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AD4A
RGB	rgb(228, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, 10.25, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 57.83, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0244 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.131 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1775, 46.8790, 12.9883)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AD4A #4A81E4

analogous

#E4604A #E4AD4A #CEE44A

triadic

#E4AD4A #4AE4AD #AD4AE4

tetradic

#E4AD4A #4AE460 #4A81E4 #E44ACE

square

#E4AD4A #4AE460 #4A81E4 #E44ACE

split-complementary

#E4AD4A #4ACEE4 #604AE4

monochromatic

#9C6D17 #D2921F #E4AD4A #ECC57F #F4DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E4AD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#E4AD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AD4A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AD4A	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.131 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c581',
    500: '#e4ad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ad4a;
$custom-light: #f1c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78061,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AD4A

secondary

#A7BCE3

accent

#79F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AD4A

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

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