#E4B462#E4B462

#E4B462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.115 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B462
RGB	rgb(228, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 8.12, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 48.58, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0213 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.115 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5233, 50.0215, 18.5469)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B462 #6292E4

analogous

#E47362 #E4B462 #D3E462

triadic

#E4B462 #62E4B4 #B462E4

tetradic

#E4B462 #62E473 #6292E4 #E462D3

square

#E4B462 #62E473 #6292E4 #E462D3

split-complementary

#E4B462 #62D3E4 #7362E4

monochromatic

#AE791E #DB9B2E #E4B462 #EDCD96 #F6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E4B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#E4B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B462

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B462	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)

#C7B55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.115 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca91',
    500: '#e4b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b462;
$custom-light: #f0ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79684,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B462

secondary

#3B66AF

accent

#5AD313

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F4

border

#D6D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B462

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

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