#E4B656#E4B656

#E4B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B656
RGB	rgb(228, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 6.22, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 54.39, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0142 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.125 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4052, 50.6250, 15.9190)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B656 #5684E4

analogous

#E46F56 #E4B656 #CBE456

triadic

#E4B656 #56E4B6 #B656E4

tetradic

#E4B656 #56E46F #5684E4 #E456CB

square

#E4B656 #56E46F #5684E4 #E456CB

split-complementary

#E4B656 #56CBE4 #6F56E4

monochromatic

#A5781A #DA9F23 #E4B656 #ECCD8B #F5E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#E4B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B656

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B656	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb89',
    500: '#e4b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b656;
$custom-light: #f0cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79932,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B656

secondary

#375BA7

accent

#50D511

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B656

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