#E4BC51#E4BC51

#E4BC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.132 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BC51
RGB	rgb(228, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, 2.75, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 57.97, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0035 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.132 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4660, 53.0575, 15.3133)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BC51 #5179E4

analogous

#E47251 #E4BC51 #C3E451

triadic

#E4BC51 #51E4BC #BC51E4

tetradic

#E4BC51 #51E472 #5179E4 #E451C3

square

#E4BC51 #51E472 #5179E4 #E451C3

split-complementary

#E4BC51 #51C3E4 #7251E4

monochromatic

#A27C19 #D7A521 #E4BC51 #ECD086 #F4E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E4BC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#E4BC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BC51

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BC51	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.132 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf86',
    500: '#e4bc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bc51;
$custom-light: #f0cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81064,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BC51

secondary

#3553A4

accent

#46D510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BC51

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

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