#E4B849#E4B849

#E4B849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.136 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B849
RGB	rgb(228, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 4.39, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 60.38, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0072 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.136 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3408, 51.2592, 13.5446)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B849 #4975E4

analogous

#E46B49 #E4B849 #C3E449

triadic

#E4B849 #49E4B8 #B849E4

tetradic

#E4B849 #49E46B #4975E4 #E449C3

square

#E4B849 #49E46B #4975E4 #E449C3

split-complementary

#E4B849 #49C3E4 #6B49E4

monochromatic

#9C7617 #D19E1F #E4B849 #ECCD7E #F4E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E4B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#E4B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B849

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B849	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.136 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd81',
    500: '#e4b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b849;
$custom-light: #f1cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80197,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B849

secondary

#32519F

accent

#6CF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B849

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

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