#E4B551#E4B551

#E4B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.129 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B551
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 6.43, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 56.36, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0141 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.129 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0067, 50.1390, 14.8269)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B551 #5180E4

analogous

#E46B51 #E4B551 #CAE451

triadic

#E4B551 #51E4B5 #B551E4

tetradic

#E4B551 #51E46B #5180E4 #E451CA

square

#E4B551 #51E46B #5180E4 #E451CA

split-complementary

#E4B551 #51CAE4 #6B51E4

monochromatic

#A27619 #D79D21 #E4B551 #ECCC86 #F4E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E4B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E4B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B551

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B551	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.129 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca86',
    500: '#e4b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b551;
$custom-light: #f0ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79684,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B551

secondary

#3559A4

accent

#4FD510

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B551

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

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