#E4BC48#E4BC48

#E4BC48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BC48
RGB	rgb(228, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 2.24, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 61.72, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0009 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.139 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1506, 52.9314, 13.6523)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BC48 #4870E4

analogous

#E46E48 #E4BC48 #BEE448

triadic

#E4BC48 #48E4BC #BC48E4

tetradic

#E4BC48 #48E46E #4870E4 #E448BE

square

#E4BC48 #48E46E #4870E4 #E448BE

split-complementary

#E4BC48 #48BEE4 #6E48E4

monochromatic

#9B7917 #D0A31F #E4BC48 #ECD07D #F4E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E4BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#E4BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BC48

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BC48	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf81',
    500: '#e4bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bc48;
$custom-light: #f0cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80981,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BC48

secondary

#324E9E

accent

#67F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BC48

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

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