#E4B844#E4B844

#E4B844 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B844
RGB	rgb(228, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 4.13, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 62.40, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0059 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.139 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1817, 51.1955, 12.7064)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B844 #4470E4

analogous

#E46844 #E4B844 #C0E444

triadic

#E4B844 #44E4B8 #B844E4

tetradic

#E4B844 #44E468 #4470E4 #E444C0

square

#E4B844 #44E468 #4470E4 #E444C0

split-complementary

#E4B844 #44C0E4 #6844E4

monochromatic

#987416 #CD9D1E #E4B844 #ECCC79 #F3E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E4B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#E4B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B844

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B844	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd7e',
    500: '#e4b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b844;
$custom-light: #f1cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 74.766,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80155,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B844

secondary

#314E9C

accent

#6AF136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B844

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

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