#E4AD50#E4AD50

#E4AD50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.127 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AD50
RGB	rgb(228, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, 10.60, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 55.29, 78.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% 0.0262 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.127 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3893, 46.9638, 14.1041)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AD50 #5087E4

analogous

#E46350 #E4AD50 #D1E450

triadic

#E4AD50 #50E4AD #AD50E4

tetradic

#E4AD50 #50E463 #5087E4 #E450D1

square

#E4AD50 #50E463 #5087E4 #E450D1

split-complementary

#E4AD50 #50D1E4 #6350E4

monochromatic

#A16E19 #D69321 #E4AD50 #ECC685 #F4DFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E4AD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#E4AD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AD50

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AD50	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.127 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c585',
    500: '#e4ad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ad50;
$custom-light: #f0c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78121,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AD50

secondary

#ACC1E4

accent

#59D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AD50

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

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