#E4B74C#E4B74C

#E4B74C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B74C
RGB	rgb(228, 183, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 5.08, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 58.92, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0096 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.133 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2357, 50.8860, 14.0121)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B74C #4C79E4

analogous

#E46B4C #E4B74C #C5E44C

triadic

#E4B74C #4CE4B7 #B74CE4

tetradic

#E4B74C #4CE46B #4C79E4 #E44CC5

square

#E4B74C #4CE46B #4C79E4 #E44CC5

split-complementary

#E4B74C #4CC5E4 #6B4CE4

monochromatic

#9E7618 #D39E20 #E4B74C #ECCC81 #F4E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E4B74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#E4B74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B74C

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B74C	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 183, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cc83',
    500: '#e4b74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b74c;
$custom-light: #f0cc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80027,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B74C

secondary

#3354A1

accent

#6EF037

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B74C

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

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