#E4B257#E4B257

#E4B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B257
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 8.39, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 53.13, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0207 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.123 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6383, 49.0262, 15.8635)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B257 #5789E4

analogous

#E46B57 #E4B257 #D0E457

triadic

#E4B257 #57E4B2 #B257E4

tetradic

#E4B257 #57E46B #5789E4 #E457D0

square

#E4B257 #57E46B #5789E4 #E457D0

split-complementary

#E4B257 #57D0E4 #6B57E4

monochromatic

#A6751B #DB9A23 #E4B257 #ECCA8C #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E4B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E4B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B257

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B257	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)

#C6B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c889',
    500: '#e4b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b257;
$custom-light: #f0c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79163,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B257

secondary

#B1C4E6

accent

#56D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B257

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

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