#E4B155#E4B155

#E4B155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B155
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 8.79, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 53.82, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0216 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.124 80)
XYZ	xyz(49.3595, 48.5975, 15.3731)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B155 #5588E4

analogous

#E46A55 #E4B155 #D0E455

triadic

#E4B155 #55E4B1 #B155E4

tetradic

#E4B155 #55E46A #5588E4 #E455D0

square

#E4B155 #55E46A #5588E4 #E455D0

split-complementary

#E4B155 #55D0E4 #6A55E4

monochromatic

#A4731A #D99823 #E4B155 #ECC98A #F5E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E4B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E4B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B155

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B155	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c888',
    500: '#e4b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b155;
$custom-light: #f0c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.601,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.48594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B155

secondary

#B0C3E5

accent

#57D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B155

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

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