#E4B956#E4B956

#E4B956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B956
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, 4.64, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 55.07, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0096 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.127 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0262, 51.8669, 16.1260)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B956 #5681E4

analogous

#E47256 #E4B956 #C8E456

triadic

#E4B956 #56E4B9 #B956E4

tetradic

#E4B956 #56E472 #5681E4 #E456C8

square

#E4B956 #56E472 #5681E4 #E456C8

split-complementary

#E4B956 #56C8E4 #7256E4

monochromatic

#A57B1A #DAA323 #E4B956 #ECCF8B #F5E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E4B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#E4B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B956

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B956	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)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd89',
    500: '#e4b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b956;
$custom-light: #f0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80522,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B956

secondary

#3759A7

accent

#4CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B956

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

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