#E4B252#E4B252

#E4B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.127 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B252
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 8.07, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 55.32, 81.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% 0.0191 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.127 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4411, 48.9473, 14.8247)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B252 #5284E4

analogous

#E46952 #E4B252 #CDE452

triadic

#E4B252 #52E4B2 #B252E4

tetradic

#E4B252 #52E469 #5284E4 #E452CD

square

#E4B252 #52E469 #5284E4 #E452CD

split-complementary

#E4B252 #52CDE4 #6952E4

monochromatic

#A27319 #D79922 #E4B252 #ECCA87 #F5E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E4B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E4B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B252

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B252	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)

#C7B248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.127 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c886',
    500: '#e4b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b252;
$custom-light: #f0c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79109,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B252

secondary

#ADC0E5

accent

#54D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B252

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

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