#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
RGB	rgb(228, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 5.10, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 55.28, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0108 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.127 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7778, 51.4340, 15.8458)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E4B855	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E4B855

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

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