#E4BC49#E4BC49

#E4BC49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BC49
RGB	rgb(228, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 2.29, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 61.32, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% 0.0012 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.138 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1835, 52.9445, 13.8255)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BC49 #4971E4

analogous

#E46F49 #E4BC49 #BFE449

triadic

#E4BC49 #49E4BC #BC49E4

tetradic

#E4BC49 #49E46F #4971E4 #E449BF

square

#E4BC49 #49E46F #4971E4 #E449BF

split-complementary

#E4BC49 #49BFE4 #6F49E4

monochromatic

#9C7917 #D1A31F #E4BC49 #ECD07E #F4E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E4BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#E4BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BC49

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BC49	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)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf81',
    500: '#e4bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bc49;
$custom-light: #f0cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BC49

secondary

#324E9F

accent

#67F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BC49

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

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