#E4BC59#E4BC59

#E4BC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BC59
RGB	rgb(228, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 3.27, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 54.47, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% 0.006 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.126 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7838, 53.1847, 16.9874)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BC59 #5981E4

analogous

#E47759 #E4BC59 #C6E459

triadic

#E4BC59 #59E4BC #BC59E4

tetradic

#E4BC59 #59E477 #5981E4 #E459C6

square

#E4BC59 #59E477 #5981E4 #E459C6

split-complementary

#E4BC59 #59C6E4 #7759E4

monochromatic

#A77F1B #DBA724 #E4BC59 #EDD18E #F5E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E4BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E4BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BC59

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BC59	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf8b',
    500: '#e4bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bc59;
$custom-light: #f0cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81147,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BC59

secondary

#3859A9

accent

#49D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BC59

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

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