#E4BE56#E4BE56
#E4BE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BE56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 190, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 62.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.46, 2.02, 56.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.46, 56.31, 87.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.51% 0.002 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.51% 0.129 89.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.0906, 53.9957, 16.4808) |
| Luminance | 0.5399 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.25
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.95
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.20
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.68
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.74
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BE56 #567CE4
analogous
#E47756 #E4BE56 #C3E456
triadic
#E4BE56 #56E4BE #BE56E4
tetradic
#E4BE56 #56E477 #567CE4 #E456C3
square
#E4BE56 #56E477 #567CE4 #E456C3
split-complementary
#E4BE56 #56C3E4 #7756E4
monochromatic
#A5801A #DAA923 #E4BE56 #ECD28B #F5E7C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#E4BE56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.80
#E4BE56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BE56
11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BE56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BE56 | 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)
#D2BC4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC75A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B0A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4be56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 89.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d189',
500: '#e4be56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4be56; $custom-light: #f0d189; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4be56",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 190,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.944,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81512,
"c": 0.12923,
"h": 89.1
},
"luminance": 0.53993
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BE56
secondary
#3755A7
accent
#45D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F