#E4BE50#E4BE50
#E4BE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BE50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 190, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 73%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 65%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 64.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.41, 1.65, 58.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.41, 58.90, 88.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.45% 0.0002 0.1339) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.45% 0.134 89.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.8590, 53.9031, 15.2607) |
| Luminance | 0.5390 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.66
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.62
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.00
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.57
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.60
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BE50 #5076E4
analogous
#E47450 #E4BE50 #C0E450
triadic
#E4BE50 #50E4BE #BE50E4
tetradic
#E4BE50 #50E474 #5076E4 #E450C0
square
#E4BE50 #50E474 #5076E4 #E450C0
split-complementary
#E4BE50 #50C0E4 #7450E4
monochromatic
#A17E19 #D6A721 #E4BE50 #ECD285 #F4E5BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#E4BE50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.78
#E4BE50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BE50
11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BE50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BE50 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 11.78 | 11.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BC43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC655
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6AFA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4be50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 89.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d186',
500: '#e4be50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4be50; $custom-light: #f0d186; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4be50",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 190,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.595,
"s": 73.267,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81452,
"c": 0.13389,
"h": 89.9
},
"luminance": 0.539
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BE50
secondary
#3551A4
accent
#43D510
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E