#E4BE55#E4BE55

#E4BE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BE55
RGB	rgb(228, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, 1.96, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 56.75, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0017 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.13 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0506, 53.9797, 16.2701)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BE55 #557BE4

analogous

#E47755 #E4BE55 #C3E455

triadic

#E4BE55 #55E4BE #BE55E4

tetradic

#E4BE55 #55E477 #557BE4 #E455C3

square

#E4BE55 #55E477 #557BE4 #E455C3

split-complementary

#E4BE55 #55C3E4 #7755E4

monochromatic

#A4801A #D9A923 #E4BE55 #ECD28A #F5E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E4BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E4BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BE55

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BE55	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d189',
    500: '#e4be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4be55;
$custom-light: #f0d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BE55

secondary

#3654A7

accent

#45D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BE55

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

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