#E4B259#E4B259

#E4B259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.121 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B259
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 8.53, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 52.24, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0213 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.121 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7212, 49.0593, 16.2998)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B259 #598BE4

analogous

#E46C59 #E4B259 #D1E459

triadic

#E4B259 #59E4B2 #B259E4

tetradic

#E4B259 #59E46C #598BE4 #E459D1

square

#E4B259 #59E46C #598BE4 #E459D1

split-complementary

#E4B259 #59D1E4 #6C59E4

monochromatic

#A7751B #DB9A24 #E4B259 #EDCA8E #F5E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E4B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#E4B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B259

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B259	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.121 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c88b',
    500: '#e4b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b259;
$custom-light: #f0c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B259

secondary

#B3C5E6

accent

#57D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B259

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

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