#E4B648#E4B648

#E4B648 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B648
RGB	rgb(228, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 5.38, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 60.36, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% 0.01 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.136 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8954, 50.4210, 13.2339)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B648 #4876E4

analogous

#E46848 #E4B648 #C4E448

triadic

#E4B648 #48E4B6 #B648E4

tetradic

#E4B648 #48E468 #4876E4 #E448C4

square

#E4B648 #48E468 #4876E4 #E448C4

split-complementary

#E4B648 #48C4E4 #6848E4

monochromatic

#9B7417 #D09C1F #E4B648 #ECCB7D #F4E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E4B648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B648

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B648	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)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb80',
    500: '#e4b648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b648;
$custom-light: #f1cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79794,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B648

secondary

#32529E

accent

#6EF137

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B648

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