#E4B559#E4B559

#E4B559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.122 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B559
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 6.95, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 52.85, 82.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0167 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.122 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3246, 50.2662, 16.5010)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B559 #5988E4

analogous

#E46F59 #E4B559 #CEE459

triadic

#E4B559 #59E4B5 #B559E4

tetradic

#E4B559 #59E46F #5988E4 #E459CE

square

#E4B559 #59E46F #5988E4 #E459CE

split-complementary

#E4B559 #59CEE4 #6F59E4

monochromatic

#A7781B #DB9E24 #E4B559 #EDCC8E #F5E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E4B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#E4B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B559

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B559	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.122 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb8b',
    500: '#e4b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b559;
$custom-light: #f0cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B559

secondary

#385EA9

accent

#53D411

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B559

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

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