#E4B855#E4B855

#E4B855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E4B855
RGBrgb(228, 184, 85)
HSLhsl(42, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(42, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.94, 5.10, 55.04)
CIE-LCHlch(76.94, 55.28, 84.71°)
OKLaboklab(80.31% 0.0108 0.1264)
OKLCHoklch(80.31% 0.127 85.1)
XYZxyz(50.7778, 51.4340, 15.8458)
Luminance0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E4B855 #5581E4
analogous
#E47155 #E4B855 #C9E455
triadic
#E4B855 #55E4B8 #B855E4
tetradic
#E4B855 #55E471 #5581E4 #E455C9
square
#E4B855 #55E471 #5581E4 #E455C9
split-complementary
#E4B855 #55C9E4 #7155E4
monochromatic
#A47A1A #D9A123 #E4B855 #ECCE8A #F5E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#E4B855 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29
#E4B855 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B855
11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E4B855#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E4B8551.001.8611.2911.29
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2921.001.001.00
##00000011.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB74B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C359
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6A9A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e4b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 85.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd88',
    500: '#e4b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e4b855;
$custom-light: #f0cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e4b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80314,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E4B855
secondary
#3659A7
accent
#4DD511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFAF4
border
#D7D3CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

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#E4B855 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva