#E4BB51#E4BB51
#E4BB51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.131 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BB51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 187, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18%, 64.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.66, 3.28, 57.63) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.66, 57.72, 86.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.87% 0.005 0.1314) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.87% 0.131 87.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.2531, 52.6318, 15.2424) |
| Luminance | 0.5263 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.84
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.80
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.34
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.63
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.95
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BB51 #517AE4
analogous
#E47151 #E4BB51 #C4E451
triadic
#E4BB51 #51E4BB #BB51E4
tetradic
#E4BB51 #51E471 #517AE4 #E451C4
square
#E4BB51 #51E471 #517AE4 #E451C4
split-complementary
#E4BB51 #51C4E4 #7151E4
monochromatic
#A27B19 #D7A421 #E4BB51 #ECD086 #F4E4BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E4BB51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.53
#E4BB51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BB51
11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BB51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BB51 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.53 | 11.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB945
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C555
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ACA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4bb51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 187, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.131 87.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf86',
500: '#e4bb51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4bb51; $custom-light: #f0cf86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4bb51",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 187,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.265,
"s": 73.134,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80866,
"c": 0.13147,
"h": 87.8
},
"luminance": 0.52629
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BB51
secondary
#3554A4
accent
#47D510
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E