#E4BC5B#E4BC5B

#E4BC5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.124 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BC5B
RGB	rgb(228, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 3.41, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 53.58, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0066 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.124 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8690, 53.2187, 17.4357)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BC5B #5B83E4

analogous

#E4785B #E4BC5B #C7E45B

triadic

#E4BC5B #5BE4BC #BC5BE4

tetradic

#E4BC5B #5BE478 #5B83E4 #E45BC7

square

#E4BC5B #5BE478 #5B83E4 #E45BC7

split-complementary

#E4BC5B #5BC7E4 #785BE4

monochromatic

#A9801C #DBA726 #E4BC5B #EDD190 #F5E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E4BC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E4BC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BC5B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BC5B	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)

#CFBB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.124 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf8c',
    500: '#e4bc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bc5b;
$custom-light: #f0cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81169,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BC5B

secondary

#395AAB

accent

#4AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BC5B

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

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