#E4B556#E4B556

#E4B556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B556
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, 6.75, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 54.18, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0157 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.125 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2012, 50.2168, 15.8510)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B556 #5685E4

analogous

#E46E56 #E4B556 #CCE456

triadic

#E4B556 #56E4B5 #B556E4

tetradic

#E4B556 #56E46E #5685E4 #E456CC

square

#E4B556 #56E46E #5685E4 #E456CC

split-complementary

#E4B556 #56CCE4 #6E56E4

monochromatic

#A5771A #DA9D23 #E4B556 #ECCC8B #F5E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E4B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#E4B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B556

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B556	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca89',
    500: '#e4b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b556;
$custom-light: #f0ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79736,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B556

secondary

#375CA7

accent

#52D511

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B556

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

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