#E4B149#E4B149

#E4B149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.133 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B149
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 8.07, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 58.95, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0179 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.133 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9226, 48.4227, 13.0718)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B149 #497CE4

analogous

#E46449 #E4B149 #CAE449

triadic

#E4B149 #49E4B1 #B149E4

tetradic

#E4B149 #49E464 #497CE4 #E449CA

square

#E4B149 #49E464 #497CE4 #E449CA

split-complementary

#E4B149 #49CAE4 #6449E4

monochromatic

#9C7017 #D1961F #E4B149 #ECC87E #F4DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E4B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#E4B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B149

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B149	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.133 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c881',
    500: '#e4b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b149;
$custom-light: #f1c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B149

secondary

#A6BAE3

accent

#74F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B149

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

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