#E4BC56#E4BC56
#E4BC56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BC56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 188, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 62.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.95, 3.07, 55.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.95, 55.80, 86.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.12% 0.005 0.128) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.12% 0.128 87.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.6604, 53.1353, 16.3374) |
| Luminance | 0.5313 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.33
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.20
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.61
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.68
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.84
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BC56 #567EE4
analogous
#E47556 #E4BC56 #C5E456
triadic
#E4BC56 #56E4BC #BC56E4
tetradic
#E4BC56 #56E475 #567EE4 #E456C5
square
#E4BC56 #56E475 #567EE4 #E456C5
split-complementary
#E4BC56 #56C5E4 #7556E4
monochromatic
#A57E1A #DAA623 #E4BC56 #ECD18B #F5E6C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E4BC56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.63
#E4BC56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BC56
11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BC56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BC56 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.63 | 11.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BA4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6AEA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4bc56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 87.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf89',
500: '#e4bc56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4bc56; $custom-light: #f0cf89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4bc56",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 188,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.099,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81115,
"c": 0.12811,
"h": 87.8
},
"luminance": 0.53132
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BC56
secondary
#3756A7
accent
#48D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F