#E4B459#E4B459

#E4B459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.122 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B459
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 7.47, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 52.64, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0182 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.122 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1220, 49.8610, 16.4334)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B459 #5989E4

analogous

#E46F59 #E4B459 #CEE459

triadic

#E4B459 #59E4B4 #B459E4

tetradic

#E4B459 #59E46F #5989E4 #E459CE

square

#E4B459 #59E46F #5989E4 #E459CE

split-complementary

#E4B459 #59CEE4 #6F59E4

monochromatic

#A7771B #DB9C24 #E4B459 #EDCC8E #F5E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E4B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#E4B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B459

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B459	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.122 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca8b',
    500: '#e4b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b459;
$custom-light: #f0ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79575,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B459

secondary

#B3C5E6

accent

#55D411

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B459

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

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