#E4BC4A#E4BC4A
#E4BC4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.137 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BC4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 188, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 74%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 68%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 67.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.85, 2.35, 60.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.85, 60.91, 87.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81% 0.0015 0.1371) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81% 0.137 89.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.2169, 52.9579, 14.0015) |
| Luminance | 0.5295 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.09
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.45
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.01
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.06
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.40
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BC4A #4A72E4
analogous
#E46F4A #E4BC4A #BFE44A
triadic
#E4BC4A #4AE4BC #BC4AE4
tetradic
#E4BC4A #4AE46F #4A72E4 #E44ABF
square
#E4BC4A #4AE46F #4A72E4 #E44ABF
split-complementary
#E4BC4A #4ABFE4 #6F4AE4
monochromatic
#9C7A17 #D2A31F #E4BC4A #ECD07F #F4E3B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E4BC4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.59
#E4BC4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BC4A
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BC4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BC4A | 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)
#D0BA3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4bc4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.137 89.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf82',
500: '#e4bc4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4bc4a; $custom-light: #f0cf82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4bc4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 188,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.416,
"s": 74.038,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80999,
"c": 0.13715,
"h": 89.4
},
"luminance": 0.52955
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BC4A
secondary
#334FA0
accent
#67F137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E