#E4B059#E4B059

#E4B059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B059
RGB	rgb(228, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 9.59, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 51.87, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0244 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.121 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3261, 48.2692, 16.1681)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B059 #598DE4

analogous

#E46B59 #E4B059 #D3E459

triadic

#E4B059 #59E4B0 #B059E4

tetradic

#E4B059 #59E46B #598DE4 #E459D3

square

#E4B059 #59E46B #598DE4 #E459D3

split-complementary

#E4B059 #59D3E4 #6B59E4

monochromatic

#A7731B #DB9724 #E4B059 #EDC98E #F5E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E4B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#E4B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B059

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B059	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c78b',
    500: '#e4b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b059;
$custom-light: #f0c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78799,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B059

secondary

#B3C6E6

accent

#5AD411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B059

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

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