#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
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, 8.33, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 53.57, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0203 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.124 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5977, 49.0100, 15.6498)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##E4B256	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E4B256

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

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