#E4B859#E4B859

#E4B859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.124 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B859
RGB	rgb(228, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 5.37, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 53.51, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0121 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.124 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9412, 51.4993, 16.7065)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B859 #5985E4

analogous

#E47259 #E4B859 #CBE459

triadic

#E4B859 #59E4B8 #B859E4

tetradic

#E4B859 #59E472 #5985E4 #E459CB

square

#E4B859 #59E472 #5985E4 #E459CB

split-complementary

#E4B859 #59CBE4 #7259E4

monochromatic

#A77B1B #DBA124 #E4B859 #EDCF8E #F5E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E4B859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#E4B859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B859

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B859	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.124 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd8b',
    500: '#e4b859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b859;
$custom-light: #f0cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80358,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B859

secondary

#385CA9

accent

#4FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B859

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

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