#E4AF51#E4AF51

#E4AF51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.127 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4AF51
RGB	rgb(228, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 9.60, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 55.20, 79.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0234 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.127 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8129, 47.7514, 14.4290)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4AF51 #5186E4

analogous

#E46551 #E4AF51 #D0E451

triadic

#E4AF51 #51E4AF #AF51E4

tetradic

#E4AF51 #51E465 #5186E4 #E451D0

square

#E4AF51 #51E465 #5186E4 #E451D0

split-complementary

#E4AF51 #51D0E4 #6551E4

monochromatic

#A27019 #D79521 #E4AF51 #ECC786 #F4E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E4AF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#E4AF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4AF51

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4AF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4AF51	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4af51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.127 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c685',
    500: '#e4af51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4af51;
$custom-light: #f0c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4af51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78517,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4AF51

secondary

#ACC1E4

accent

#57D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4AF51

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

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