#E4B250#E4B250

#E4B250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.128 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B250
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, 7.95, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 56.18, 81.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% 0.0184 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.128 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3661, 48.9173, 14.4297)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B250 #5082E4

analogous

#E46850 #E4B250 #CCE450

triadic

#E4B250 #50E4B2 #B250E4

tetradic

#E4B250 #50E468 #5082E4 #E450CC

square

#E4B250 #50E468 #5082E4 #E450CC

split-complementary

#E4B250 #50CCE4 #6850E4

monochromatic

#A17319 #D69921 #E4B250 #ECC985 #F4E1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E4B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#E4B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B250

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B250	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.128 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c885',
    500: '#e4b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b250;
$custom-light: #f0c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B250

secondary

#ACBFE4

accent

#53D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B250

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

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