#E4B04A#E4B04A

#E4B04A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.132 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B04A
RGB	rgb(228, 176, 74)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 8.66, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 58.35, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0197 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.132 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7592, 48.0425, 13.1822)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B04A #4A7EE4

analogous

#E4634A #E4B04A #CBE44A

triadic

#E4B04A #4AE4B0 #B04AE4

tetradic

#E4B04A #4AE463 #4A7EE4 #E44ACB

square

#E4B04A #4AE463 #4A7EE4 #E44ACB

split-complementary

#E4B04A #4ACBE4 #634AE4

monochromatic

#9C6F17 #D2951F #E4B04A #ECC77F #F4DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E4B04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#E4B04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B04A

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B04A	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 176, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.132 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c781',
    500: '#e4b04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b04a;
$custom-light: #f1c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.74,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B04A

secondary

#A7BBE3

accent

#76F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B04A

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

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