#E4B156#E4B156

#E4B156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.123 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B156
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 8.86, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 53.38, 80.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0219 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.123 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3995, 48.6135, 15.5838)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B156 #5689E4

analogous

#E46A56 #E4B156 #D0E456

triadic

#E4B156 #56E4B1 #B156E4

tetradic

#E4B156 #56E46A #5689E4 #E456D0

square

#E4B156 #56E46A #5689E4 #E456D0

split-complementary

#E4B156 #56D0E4 #6A56E4

monochromatic

#A5731A #DA9823 #E4B156 #ECC98B #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E4B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E4B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B156

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B156	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)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.123 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c889',
    500: '#e4b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b156;
$custom-light: #f0c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B156

secondary

#B0C3E5

accent

#57D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B156

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

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