#E4B651#E4B651

#E4B651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B651
RGB	rgb(228, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 5.90, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 56.57, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0126 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.129 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2108, 50.5472, 14.8949)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B651 #517FE4

analogous

#E46C51 #E4B651 #C9E451

triadic

#E4B651 #51E4B6 #B651E4

tetradic

#E4B651 #51E46C #517FE4 #E451C9

square

#E4B651 #51E46C #517FE4 #E451C9

split-complementary

#E4B651 #51C9E4 #6C51E4

monochromatic

#A27719 #D79E21 #E4B651 #ECCC86 #F4E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#E4B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B651

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B651	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb86',
    500: '#e4b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b651;
$custom-light: #f0cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.224,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7988,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B651

secondary

#3558A4

accent

#4ED510

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B651

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

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