#E4B649#E4B649

#E4B649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.135 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B649
RGB	rgb(228, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 5.44, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 59.95, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0103 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.135 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9283, 50.4342, 13.4071)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B649 #4977E4

analogous

#E46949 #E4B649 #C4E449

triadic

#E4B649 #49E4B6 #B649E4

tetradic

#E4B649 #49E469 #4977E4 #E449C4

square

#E4B649 #49E469 #4977E4 #E449C4

split-complementary

#E4B649 #49C4E4 #6949E4

monochromatic

#9C7417 #D19C1F #E4B649 #ECCB7E #F4E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E4B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B649

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B649	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.135 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb81',
    500: '#e4b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b649;
$custom-light: #f1cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79803,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B649

secondary

#32539F

accent

#6EF137

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B649

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

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