#E4B151#E4B151

#E4B151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.127 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B151
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 8.54, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 55.56, 81.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0203 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.127 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2051, 48.5357, 14.5597)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B151 #5184E4

analogous

#E46851 #E4B151 #CDE451

triadic

#E4B151 #51E4B1 #B151E4

tetradic

#E4B151 #51E468 #5184E4 #E451CD

square

#E4B151 #51E468 #5184E4 #E451CD

split-complementary

#E4B151 #51CDE4 #6851E4

monochromatic

#A27219 #D79821 #E4B151 #ECC986 #F4E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E4B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E4B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B151

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B151	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.127 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c885',
    500: '#e4b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b151;
$custom-light: #f0c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78904,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B151

secondary

#ACC0E4

accent

#55D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B151

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

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