#E4B256#E4B256

#E4B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.124 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E4B256
RGBrgb(228, 178, 86)
HSLhsl(39, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.46, 8.33, 52.92)
CIE-LCHlch(75.46, 53.57, 81.06°)
OKLaboklab(79.15% 0.0203 0.122)
OKLCHoklch(79.15% 0.124 80.5)
XYZxyz(49.5977, 49.0100, 15.6498)
Luminance0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E4B256 #5688E4
analogous
#E46B56 #E4B256 #CFE456
triadic
#E4B256 #56E4B2 #B256E4
tetradic
#E4B256 #56E46B #5688E4 #E456CF
square
#E4B256 #56E46B #5688E4 #E456CF
split-complementary
#E4B256 #56CFE4 #6B56E4
monochromatic
#A5741A #DA9923 #E4B256 #ECCA8B #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#E4B256 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80
#E4B256 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B256
10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E4B256#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E4B2561.001.9410.8010.80
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8021.001.001.00
##00000010.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B34D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BF59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6A39E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e4b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.124 80.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c889',
    500: '#e4b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e4b256;
$custom-light: #f0c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e4b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79152,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E4B256
secondary
#B0C3E5
accent
#56D511
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#17130C
muted
#85827D

Preview Lab

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#E4B256 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva