#E4B450#E4B450

#E4B450 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.129 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B450
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 6.89, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 56.58, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0154 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.129 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7669, 49.7190, 14.5633)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B450 #5080E4

analogous

#E46A50 #E4B450 #CAE450

triadic

#E4B450 #50E4B4 #B450E4

tetradic

#E4B450 #50E46A #5080E4 #E450CA

square

#E4B450 #50E46A #5080E4 #E450CA

split-complementary

#E4B450 #50CAE4 #6A50E4

monochromatic

#A17519 #D69B21 #E4B450 #ECCB85 #F4E1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E4B450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E4B450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B450

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B450	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.129 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca85',
    500: '#e4b450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b450;
$custom-light: #f0ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B450

secondary

#ACBEE4

accent

#50D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B450

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

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