#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
RGBrgb(228, 185, 87)
HSLhsl(42, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(42, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.21, 4.71, 54.43)
CIE-LCHlch(77.21, 54.63, 85.06°)
OKLaboklab(80.53% 0.0099 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(80.53% 0.126 85.5)
XYZxyz(51.0668, 51.8831, 16.3397)
Luminance0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E4B9571.001.8511.3811.38
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3821.001.001.00
##00000011.3821.001.001.00

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

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#E4B957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva