#E4BE51#E4BE51

#E4BE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.133 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BE51
RGB	rgb(228, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, 1.71, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 58.48, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0005 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.133 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8962, 53.9180, 15.4567)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BE51 #5177E4

analogous

#E47451 #E4BE51 #C0E451

triadic

#E4BE51 #51E4BE #BE51E4

tetradic

#E4BE51 #51E474 #5177E4 #E451C0

square

#E4BE51 #51E474 #5177E4 #E451C0

split-complementary

#E4BE51 #51C0E4 #7451E4

monochromatic

#A27E19 #D7A821 #E4BE51 #ECD286 #F4E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E4BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#E4BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BE51

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BE51	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)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.133 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d186',
    500: '#e4be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4be51;
$custom-light: #f0d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81462,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BE51

secondary

#3552A4

accent

#43D510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BE51

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

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