#E4B659#E4B659

#E4B659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.123 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B659
RGB	rgb(228, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 6.42, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 53.06, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0151 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.123 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5287, 50.6743, 16.5690)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B659 #5987E4

analogous

#E47159 #E4B659 #CDE459

triadic

#E4B659 #59E4B6 #B659E4

tetradic

#E4B659 #59E471 #5987E4 #E459CD

square

#E4B659 #59E471 #5987E4 #E459CD

split-complementary

#E4B659 #59CDE4 #7159E4

monochromatic

#A7791B #DB9F24 #E4B659 #EDCD8E #F5E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E4B659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E4B659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B659

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B659	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.123 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb8b',
    500: '#e4b659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b659;
$custom-light: #f0cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79965,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B659

secondary

#385DA9

accent

#52D411

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B659

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

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