#E4B261#E4B261

#E4B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.115 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B261
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, 9.11, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 48.65, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.024 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.115 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0755, 49.2011, 18.1662)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B261 #6193E4

analogous

#E47061 #E4B261 #D5E461

triadic

#E4B261 #61E4B2 #B261E4

tetradic

#E4B261 #61E470 #6193E4 #E461D5

square

#E4B261 #61E470 #6193E4 #E461D5

split-complementary

#E4B261 #61D5E4 #7061E4

monochromatic

#AD761E #DB992D #E4B261 #EDCB95 #F6E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E4B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E4B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B261

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B261	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.115 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c890',
    500: '#e4b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b261;
$custom-light: #f0c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79283,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B261

secondary

#B9CBE7

accent

#5CD313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B261

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

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