#E4BB59#E4BB59

#E4BB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BB59
RGB	rgb(228, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 3.79, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 54.22, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0075 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.125 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5710, 52.7589, 16.9164)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BB59 #5982E4

analogous

#E47559 #E4BB59 #C8E459

triadic

#E4BB59 #59E4BB #BB59E4

tetradic

#E4BB59 #59E475 #5982E4 #E459C8

square

#E4BB59 #59E475 #5982E4 #E459C8

split-complementary

#E4BB59 #59C8E4 #7559E4

monochromatic

#A77E1B #DBA524 #E4BB59 #EDD18E #F5E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E4BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#E4BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BB59

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BB59	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf8b',
    500: '#e4bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bb59;
$custom-light: #f0cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80949,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BB59

secondary

#3859A9

accent

#4BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BB59

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

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