#E4B356#E4B356

#E4B356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.124 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B356
RGB	rgb(228, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, 7.80, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 53.77, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0188 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.124 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7974, 49.4093, 15.7164)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B356 #5687E4

analogous

#E46C56 #E4B356 #CEE456

triadic

#E4B356 #56E4B3 #B356E4

tetradic

#E4B356 #56E46C #5687E4 #E456CE

square

#E4B356 #56E46C #5687E4 #E456CE

split-complementary

#E4B356 #56CEE4 #6C56E4

monochromatic

#A5751A #DA9B23 #E4B356 #ECCB8B #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E4B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#E4B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B356

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B356	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.124 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c989',
    500: '#e4b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b356;
$custom-light: #f0c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79346,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B356

secondary

#B0C3E5

accent

#54D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B356

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

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