#E4B561#E4B561

#E4B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B561
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 7.52, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 49.24, 81.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0194 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.116 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6790, 50.4079, 18.3673)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B561 #6190E4

analogous

#E47361 #E4B561 #D2E461

triadic

#E4B561 #61E4B5 #B561E4

tetradic

#E4B561 #61E473 #6190E4 #E461D2

square

#E4B561 #61E473 #6190E4 #E461D2

split-complementary

#E4B561 #61D2E4 #7361E4

monochromatic

#AD7A1E #DB9D2D #E4B561 #EDCD95 #F6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E4B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E4B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B561

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B561	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb90',
    500: '#e4b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b561;
$custom-light: #f0cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79866,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B561

secondary

#3B64AE

accent

#58D313

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F4

border

#D6D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B561

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

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