#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
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 4.58, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 55.51, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0093 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.127 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9862, 51.8509, 15.9153)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##E4B955	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E4B955

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

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