#E4B456#E4B456

#E4B456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B456
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 7.27, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 53.97, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% 0.0172 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.124 82)
XYZ	xyz(49.9986, 49.8116, 15.7835)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B456 #5686E4

analogous

#E46D56 #E4B456 #CDE456

triadic

#E4B456 #56E4B4 #B456E4

tetradic

#E4B456 #56E46D #5686E4 #E456CD

square

#E4B456 #56E46D #5686E4 #E456CD

split-complementary

#E4B456 #56CDE4 #6D56E4

monochromatic

#A5761A #DA9C23 #E4B456 #ECCB8B #F5E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E4B456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E4B456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B456

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B456	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca89',
    500: '#e4b456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b456;
$custom-light: #f0ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.49808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B456

secondary

#B0C2E5

accent

#53D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B456

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

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