#E4B461#E4B461

#E4B461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.115 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B461
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 8.05, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 49.04, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0209 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.115 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4764, 50.0027, 18.2998)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B461 #6191E4

analogous

#E47261 #E4B461 #D3E461

triadic

#E4B461 #61E4B4 #B461E4

tetradic

#E4B461 #61E472 #6191E4 #E461D3

square

#E4B461 #61E472 #6191E4 #E461D3

split-complementary

#E4B461 #61D3E4 #7261E4

monochromatic

#AD781E #DB9B2D #E4B461 #EDCD95 #F6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E4B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#E4B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B461

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B461	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.115 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca90',
    500: '#e4b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b461;
$custom-light: #f0ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B461

secondary

#B9CAE7

accent

#59D313

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FEF8F1

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B461

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

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