#E4B64E#E4B64E

#E4B64E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.131 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B64E
RGB	rgb(228, 182, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 5.72, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 57.86, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0117 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.131 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1008, 50.5032, 14.3155)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B64E #4E7CE4

analogous

#E46B4E #E4B64E #C7E44E

triadic

#E4B64E #4EE4B6 #B64EE4

tetradic

#E4B64E #4EE46B #4E7CE4 #E44EC7

square

#E4B64E #4EE46B #4E7CE4 #E44EC7

split-complementary

#E4B64E #4EC7E4 #6B4EE4

monochromatic

#9F7618 #D49D20 #E4B64E #ECCC83 #F4E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#E4B64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B64E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B64E	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 182, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.131 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb84',
    500: '#e4b64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b64e;
$custom-light: #f0cb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7985,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B64E

secondary

#3456A2

accent

#70F038

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B64E

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

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