#E4B449#E4B449

#E4B449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.134 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B449
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 6.49, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 59.53, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0133 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.134 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5216, 49.6208, 13.2715)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B449 #4979E4

analogous

#E46749 #E4B449 #C7E449

triadic

#E4B449 #49E4B4 #B449E4

tetradic

#E4B449 #49E467 #4979E4 #E449C7

square

#E4B449 #49E467 #4979E4 #E449C7

split-complementary

#E4B449 #49C7E4 #6749E4

monochromatic

#9C7317 #D19A1F #E4B449 #ECCA7E #F4E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E4B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E4B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B449

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B449	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.134 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca81',
    500: '#e4b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b449;
$custom-light: #f1ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79411,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B449

secondary

#A6B9E3

accent

#71F137

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B449

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

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