#E4B562#E4B562

#E4B562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.115 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B562
RGB	rgb(228, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 7.60, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 48.78, 81.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0197 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.115 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7259, 50.4267, 18.6145)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B562 #6291E4

analogous

#E47462 #E4B562 #D2E462

triadic

#E4B562 #62E4B5 #B562E4

tetradic

#E4B562 #62E474 #6291E4 #E462D2

square

#E4B562 #62E474 #6291E4 #E462D2

split-complementary

#E4B562 #62D2E4 #7462E4

monochromatic

#AE7A1E #DB9C2E #E4B562 #EDCE96 #F6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E4B562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B562

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B562	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#C8B55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.115 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb91',
    500: '#e4b562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b562;
$custom-light: #f0cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79878,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B562

secondary

#3B65AF

accent

#58D313

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F4

border

#D6D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B562

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