#E4B251#E4B251

#E4B251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.128 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B251
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 8.01, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 55.75, 81.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0188 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.128 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4033, 48.9322, 14.6258)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B251 #5183E4

analogous

#E46851 #E4B251 #CCE451

triadic

#E4B251 #51E4B2 #B251E4

tetradic

#E4B251 #51E468 #5183E4 #E451CC

square

#E4B251 #51E468 #5183E4 #E451CC

split-complementary

#E4B251 #51CCE4 #6851E4

monochromatic

#A27319 #D79921 #E4B251 #ECC986 #F4E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E4B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E4B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B251

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B251	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.128 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c886',
    500: '#e4b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b251;
$custom-light: #f0c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79098,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B251

secondary

#ACBFE4

accent

#53D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B251

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

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