#E4B549#E4B549

#E4B549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.134 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B549
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 5.96, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 59.74, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0118 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.134 85)
XYZ	xyz(49.7242, 50.0260, 13.3390)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B549 #4978E4

analogous

#E46849 #E4B549 #C6E449

triadic

#E4B549 #49E4B5 #B549E4

tetradic

#E4B549 #49E468 #4978E4 #E449C6

square

#E4B549 #49E468 #4978E4 #E449C6

split-complementary

#E4B549 #49C6E4 #6849E4

monochromatic

#9C7317 #D19B1F #E4B549 #ECCB7E #F4E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E4B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#E4B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B549

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B549	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)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.134 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca81',
    500: '#e4b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b549;
$custom-light: #f1ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79607,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.50023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B549

secondary

#32539F

accent

#6FF137

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B549

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

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