#E4BD49#E4BD49

#E4BD49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BD49
RGB	rgb(228, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 1.77, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 61.56, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0003 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.138 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3978, 53.3733, 13.8969)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BD49 #4970E4

analogous

#E47049 #E4BD49 #BEE449

triadic

#E4BD49 #49E4BD #BD49E4

tetradic

#E4BD49 #49E470 #4970E4 #E449BE

square

#E4BD49 #49E470 #4970E4 #E449BE

split-complementary

#E4BD49 #49BEE4 #7049E4

monochromatic

#9C7A17 #D1A41F #E4BD49 #ECD07E #F4E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E4BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E4BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BD49

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BD49	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d081',
    500: '#e4bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bd49;
$custom-light: #f0d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81189,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BD49

secondary

#324E9F

accent

#66F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BD49

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

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