#E4B141#E4B141

#E4B141 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.138 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B141
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 71.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 7.66, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 62.16, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0157 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.138 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6742, 48.3233, 11.7637)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B141 #4174E4

analogous

#E46041 #E4B141 #C5E441

triadic

#E4B141 #41E4B1 #B141E4

tetradic

#E4B141 #41E460 #4174E4 #E441C5

square

#E4B141 #41E460 #4174E4 #E441C5

split-complementary

#E4B141 #41C5E4 #6041E4

monochromatic

#956D15 #CB941D #E4B141 #ECC777 #F3DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E4B141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E4B141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B141

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B141	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.138 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c87c',
    500: '#e4b141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b141;
$custom-light: #f1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.227,
    "s": 75.115,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B141

secondary

#9FB4E1

accent

#71F236

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B141

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

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