#E4B14A#E4B14A

#E4B14A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.132 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B14A
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 8.13, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 58.53, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0182 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.132 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9560, 48.4361, 13.2478)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B14A #4A7DE4

analogous

#E4644A #E4B14A #CAE44A

triadic

#E4B14A #4AE4B1 #B14AE4

tetradic

#E4B14A #4AE464 #4A7DE4 #E44ACA

square

#E4B14A #4AE464 #4A7DE4 #E44ACA

split-complementary

#E4B14A #4ACAE4 #644AE4

monochromatic

#9C7017 #D2971F #E4B14A #ECC87F #F4DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E4B14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E4B14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B14A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B14A	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.132 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c881',
    500: '#e4b14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b14a;
$custom-light: #f1c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.13,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78835,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B14A

secondary

#A7BBE3

accent

#75F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B14A

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