#E4B550#E4B550

#E4B550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.129 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B550
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 6.37, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 56.79, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0138 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.129 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9695, 50.1242, 14.6309)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B550 #507FE4

analogous

#E46B50 #E4B550 #C9E450

triadic

#E4B550 #50E4B5 #B550E4

tetradic

#E4B550 #50E46B #507FE4 #E450C9

square

#E4B550 #50E46B #507FE4 #E450C9

split-complementary

#E4B550 #50C9E4 #6B50E4

monochromatic

#A17619 #D69C21 #E4B550 #ECCB85 #F4E2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E4B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#E4B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B550

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B550	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.129 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca85',
    500: '#e4b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b550;
$custom-light: #f0ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79674,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B550

secondary

#3558A4

accent

#4FD510

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B550

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

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