#E4B056#E4B056

#E4B056 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B056
RGB	rgb(228, 176, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 9.39, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 53.20, 79.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0234 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.123 79)
XYZ	xyz(49.2027, 48.2199, 15.5182)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B056 #568AE4

analogous

#E46956 #E4B056 #D1E456

triadic

#E4B056 #56E4B0 #B056E4

tetradic

#E4B056 #56E469 #568AE4 #E456D1

square

#E4B056 #56E469 #568AE4 #E456D1

split-complementary

#E4B056 #56D1E4 #6956E4

monochromatic

#A5721A #DA9723 #E4B056 #ECC98B #F5E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E4B056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E4B056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B056

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B056	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 176, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c789',
    500: '#e4b056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b056;
$custom-light: #f0c789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78764,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.48217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B056

secondary

#B0C4E5

accent

#59D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B056

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

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