#E4B265#E4B265

#E4B265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.111 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B265
RGB	rgb(228, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 9.41, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 46.83, 78.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% 0.0254 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.111 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2668, 49.2776, 19.1733)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B265 #6597E4

analogous

#E47365 #E4B265 #D7E465

triadic

#E4B265 #65E4B2 #B265E4

tetradic

#E4B265 #65E473 #6597E4 #E465D7

square

#E4B265 #65E473 #6597E4 #E465D7

split-complementary

#E4B265 #65D7E4 #7365E4

monochromatic

#B0771F #DB9831 #E4B265 #EDCC99 #F6E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E4B265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E4B265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B265

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B265	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.111 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc893',
    500: '#e4b265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b265;
$custom-light: #efc893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.378,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B265

secondary

#BCCEE8

accent

#5ED213

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FEF8F1

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B265

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

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