#E4B953#E4B953

#E4B953 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.129 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B953
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 4.45, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 56.38, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0086 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.129 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9079, 51.8196, 15.5027)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B953 #537EE4

analogous

#E47053 #E4B953 #C6E453

triadic

#E4B953 #53E4B9 #B953E4

tetradic

#E4B953 #53E470 #537EE4 #E453C6

square

#E4B953 #53E470 #537EE4 #E453C6

split-complementary

#E4B953 #53C6E4 #7053E4

monochromatic

#A37A1A #D8A222 #E4B953 #ECCF88 #F5E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E4B953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#E4B953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B953

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B953	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.129 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd87',
    500: '#e4b953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b953;
$custom-light: #f0cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8049,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B953

secondary

#3657A5

accent

#4BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF3

border

#D7D3CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B953

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

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