#E4BC4E#E4BC4E
#E4BC4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BC4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 188, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.88, 2.58, 59.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.88, 59.24, 87.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.04% 0.0026 0.1342) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.04% 0.134 88.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.3560, 53.0135, 14.7339) |
| Luminance | 0.5301 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.46
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.88
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.06
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.16
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.75
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BC4E #4E76E4
analogous
#E4714E #E4BC4E #C1E44E
triadic
#E4BC4E #4EE4BC #BC4EE4
tetradic
#E4BC4E #4EE471 #4E76E4 #E44EC1
square
#E4BC4E #4EE471 #4E76E4 #E44EC1
split-complementary
#E4BC4E #4EC1E4 #714EE4
monochromatic
#9F7B18 #D4A420 #E4BC4E #ECD083 #F4E4B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E4BC4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.60
#E4BC4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BC4E
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BC4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BC4E | 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)
#D0BA41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC553
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ADA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4bc4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf84',
500: '#e4bc4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4bc4e; $custom-light: #f0cf84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4bc4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 188,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81035,
"c": 0.13427,
"h": 88.9
},
"luminance": 0.5301
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BC4E
secondary
#3451A2
accent
#69F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E