#E4B949#E4B949

#E4B949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B949
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 3.86, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 60.61, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0057 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.136 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5493, 51.6761, 13.6141)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B949 #4974E4

analogous

#E46C49 #E4B949 #C2E449

triadic

#E4B949 #49E4B9 #B949E4

tetradic

#E4B949 #49E46C #4974E4 #E449C2

square

#E4B949 #49E46C #4974E4 #E449C2

split-complementary

#E4B949 #49C2E4 #6C49E4

monochromatic

#9C7717 #D19F1F #E4B949 #ECCD7E #F4E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E4B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#E4B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B949

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B949	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd81',
    500: '#e4b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b949;
$custom-light: #f1cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80395,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B949

secondary

#32509F

accent

#6BF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B949

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

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