#E4B349#E4B349

#E4B349 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.134 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B349
RGB	rgb(228, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 7.02, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 59.33, 83.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0149 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.134 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3205, 49.2186, 13.2045)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B349 #497AE4

analogous

#E46649 #E4B349 #C8E449

triadic

#E4B349 #49E4B3 #B349E4

tetradic

#E4B349 #49E466 #497AE4 #E449C8

square

#E4B349 #49E466 #497AE4 #E449C8

split-complementary

#E4B349 #49C8E4 #6649E4

monochromatic

#9C7217 #D1991F #E4B349 #ECC97E #F4E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E4B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E4B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B349

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B349	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)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.134 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c981',
    500: '#e4b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b349;
$custom-light: #f1c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.032,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79215,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B349

secondary

#A6B9E3

accent

#72F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B349

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

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