#E4B951#E4B951

#E4B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.130 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B951
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 4.33, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 57.25, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.008 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.13 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8318, 51.7891, 15.1019)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B951 #517CE4

analogous

#E46F51 #E4B951 #C5E451

triadic

#E4B951 #51E4B9 #B951E4

tetradic

#E4B951 #51E46F #517CE4 #E451C5

square

#E4B951 #51E46F #517CE4 #E451C5

split-complementary

#E4B951 #51C5E4 #6F51E4

monochromatic

#A27A19 #D7A221 #E4B951 #ECCE86 #F4E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E4B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#E4B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B951

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B951	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.130 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd86',
    500: '#e4b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b951;
$custom-light: #f0cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8047,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B951

secondary

#3556A4

accent

#4AD510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B951

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

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