#E4B955#E4B955

#E4B955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E4B955
RGBrgb(228, 185, 85)
HSLhsl(42, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(42, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.19, 4.58, 55.32)
CIE-LCHlch(77.19, 55.51, 85.27°)
OKLaboklab(80.51% 0.0093 0.127)
OKLCHoklch(80.51% 0.127 85.8)
XYZxyz(50.9862, 51.8509, 15.9153)
Luminance0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E4B955 #5580E4
analogous
#E47255 #E4B955 #C8E455
triadic
#E4B955 #55E4B9 #B955E4
tetradic
#E4B955 #55E472 #5580E4 #E455C8
square
#E4B955 #55E472 #5580E4 #E455C8
split-complementary
#E4B955 #55C8E4 #7255E4
monochromatic
#A47B1A #D9A223 #E4B955 #ECCF8A #F5E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#E4B955 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37
#E4B955 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B955
11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E4B955#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E4B9551.001.8511.3711.37
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3721.001.001.00
##00000011.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB84A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C359
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6AAA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e4b955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 85.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd88',
    500: '#e4b955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e4b955;
$custom-light: #f0cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e4b955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80511,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E4B955
secondary
#3658A7
accent
#4CD511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFAF4
border
#D7D3CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

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#E4B955 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva