#E4B248#E4B248

#E4B248 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.134 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B248
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 7.49, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 59.55, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0161 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.134 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0879, 48.8060, 12.9647)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B248 #487AE4

analogous

#E46448 #E4B248 #C8E448

triadic

#E4B248 #48E4B2 #B248E4

tetradic

#E4B248 #48E464 #487AE4 #E448C8

square

#E4B248 #48E464 #487AE4 #E448C8

split-complementary

#E4B248 #48C8E4 #6448E4

monochromatic

#9B7017 #D0971F #E4B248 #ECC87D #F4DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E4B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#E4B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B248

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B248	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.134 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c880',
    500: '#e4b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b248;
$custom-light: #f1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.769,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B248

secondary

#A5B9E3

accent

#73F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B248

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

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