#E4B157#E4B157

#E4B157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.123 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B157
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 8.92, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 52.94, 80.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0222 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.123 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4401, 48.6297, 15.7974)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B157 #578AE4

analogous

#E46B57 #E4B157 #D1E457

triadic

#E4B157 #57E4B1 #B157E4

tetradic

#E4B157 #57E46B #578AE4 #E457D1

square

#E4B157 #57E46B #578AE4 #E457D1

split-complementary

#E4B157 #57D1E4 #6B57E4

monochromatic

#A6741B #DB9823 #E4B157 #ECC98C #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E4B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E4B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B157

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B157	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.123 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c889',
    500: '#e4b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b157;
$custom-light: #f0c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B157

secondary

#B1C4E6

accent

#58D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B157

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

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