#E4B051#E4B051

#E4B051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.127 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B051
RGB	rgb(228, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 9.07, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 55.38, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0218 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.127 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0083, 48.1421, 14.4941)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B051 #5185E4

analogous

#E46751 #E4B051 #CEE451

triadic

#E4B051 #51E4B0 #B051E4

tetradic

#E4B051 #51E467 #5185E4 #E451CE

square

#E4B051 #51E467 #5185E4 #E451CE

split-complementary

#E4B051 #51CEE4 #6751E4

monochromatic

#A27119 #D79621 #E4B051 #ECC886 #F4E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E4B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E4B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B051

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B051	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.127 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c785',
    500: '#e4b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b051;
$custom-light: #f0c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B051

secondary

#ACC0E4

accent

#56D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B051

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

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