#E4B950#E4B950

#E4B950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B950
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 4.26, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 57.68, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0077 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.131 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7946, 51.7742, 14.9059)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B950 #507BE4

analogous

#E46F50 #E4B950 #C5E450

triadic

#E4B950 #50E4B9 #B950E4

tetradic

#E4B950 #50E46F #507BE4 #E450C5

square

#E4B950 #50E46F #507BE4 #E450C5

split-complementary

#E4B950 #50C5E4 #6F50E4

monochromatic

#A17919 #D6A121 #E4B950 #ECCE85 #F4E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E4B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#E4B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B950

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B950	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd85',
    500: '#e4b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b950;
$custom-light: #f0cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8046,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B950

secondary

#3555A4

accent

#49D510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B950

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

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