#E4B159#E4B159

#E4B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.121 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B159
RGB	rgb(228, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 9.06, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 52.06, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0229 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.121 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5229, 48.6628, 16.2337)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B159 #598CE4

analogous

#E46C59 #E4B159 #D1E459

triadic

#E4B159 #59E4B1 #B159E4

tetradic

#E4B159 #59E46C #598CE4 #E459D1

square

#E4B159 #59E46C #598CE4 #E459D1

split-complementary

#E4B159 #59D1E4 #6C59E4

monochromatic

#A7741B #DB9824 #E4B159 #EDCA8E #F5E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E4B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E4B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B159

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B159	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)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.121 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c88b',
    500: '#e4b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b159;
$custom-light: #f0c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78992,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B159

secondary

#B3C6E6

accent

#59D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B159

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

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