#E4B451#E4B451

#E4B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.128 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B451
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 6.95, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 56.15, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0157 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.128 83)
XYZ	xyz(49.8041, 49.7338, 14.7594)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B451 #5181E4

analogous

#E46A51 #E4B451 #CAE451

triadic

#E4B451 #51E4B4 #B451E4

tetradic

#E4B451 #51E46A #5181E4 #E451CA

square

#E4B451 #51E46A #5181E4 #E451CA

split-complementary

#E4B451 #51CAE4 #6A51E4

monochromatic

#A27519 #D79B21 #E4B451 #ECCB86 #F4E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E4B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E4B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B451

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B451	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.128 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca86',
    500: '#e4b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b451;
$custom-light: #f0ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.49731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B451

secondary

#ACBFE4

accent

#51D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B451

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

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