#E4B957#E4B957

#E4B957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.126 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4B957
RGB	rgb(228, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, 4.71, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 54.63, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0099 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.126 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0668, 51.8831, 16.3397)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4B957 #5782E4

analogous

#E47357 #E4B957 #C9E457

triadic

#E4B957 #57E4B9 #B957E4

tetradic

#E4B957 #57E473 #5782E4 #E457C9

square

#E4B957 #57E473 #5782E4 #E457C9

split-complementary

#E4B957 #57C9E4 #7357E4

monochromatic

#A67B1B #DBA323 #E4B957 #ECCF8C #F5E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E4B957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#E4B957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4B957

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4B957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4B957	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4b957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.126 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd8a',
    500: '#e4b957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4b957;
$custom-light: #f0cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4b957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80532,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4B957

secondary

#375AA8

accent

#4DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4B957

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

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