#E4AD59#E4AD59

#E4AD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.120 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AD59
RGB	rgb(228, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, 11.18, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 51.36, 77.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% 0.0291 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.12 76)
XYZ	xyz(48.7444, 47.1058, 15.9742)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AD59 #5990E4

analogous

#E46859 #E4AD59 #D6E459

triadic

#E4AD59 #59E4AD #AD59E4

tetradic

#E4AD59 #59E468 #5990E4 #E459D6

square

#E4AD59 #59E468 #5990E4 #E459D6

split-complementary

#E4AD59 #59D6E4 #6859E4

monochromatic

#A7701B #DB9324 #E4AD59 #EDC78E #F5E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E4AD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#E4AD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AD59

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AD59	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.120 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c58a',
    500: '#e4ad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ad59;
$custom-light: #f0c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78221,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.47102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AD59

secondary

#B3C7E6

accent

#5ED411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AD59

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

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