#E4BC4C#E4BC4C
#E4BC4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.136 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BC4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 188, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 67%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 66.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.87, 2.46, 60.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.87, 60.08, 87.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.02% 0.002 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.02% 0.136 89.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.2854, 52.9853, 14.3620) |
| Luminance | 0.5298 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.27
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.66
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.06
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.08
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.58
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BC4C #4C74E4
analogous
#E4704C #E4BC4C #C0E44C
triadic
#E4BC4C #4CE4BC #BC4CE4
tetradic
#E4BC4C #4CE470 #4C74E4 #E44CC0
square
#E4BC4C #4CE470 #4C74E4 #E44CC0
split-complementary
#E4BC4C #4CC0E4 #704CE4
monochromatic
#9E7B18 #D3A420 #E4BC4C #ECD081 #F4E4B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E4BC4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.60
#E4BC4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BC4C
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BC4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BC4C | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.60 | 11.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BA3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC551
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4bc4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.136 89.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf83',
500: '#e4bc4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4bc4c; $custom-light: #f0cf83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4bc4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 188,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.211,
"s": 73.786,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81017,
"c": 0.13573,
"h": 89.1
},
"luminance": 0.52982
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BC4C
secondary
#3350A1
accent
#68F037
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E