#E4AD55#E4AD55

#E4AD55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.123 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AD55
RGB	rgb(228, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, 10.91, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 53.12, 78.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0278 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.123 77)
XYZ	xyz(48.5810, 47.0404, 15.1135)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AD55 #558CE4

analogous

#E46655 #E4AD55 #D4E455

triadic

#E4AD55 #55E4AD #AD55E4

tetradic

#E4AD55 #55E466 #558CE4 #E455D4

square

#E4AD55 #55E466 #558CE4 #E455D4

split-complementary

#E4AD55 #55D4E4 #6655E4

monochromatic

#A46F1A #D99323 #E4AD55 #ECC68A #F5E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E4AD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#E4AD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AD55

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AD55	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.123 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c588',
    500: '#e4ad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ad55;
$custom-light: #f0c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78175,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.47037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AD55

secondary

#B0C4E5

accent

#5CD511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AD55

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

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