#E4BF51#E4BF51
#E4BF51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.134 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4BF51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 191, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 64.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.67, 1.19, 58.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.67, 58.74, 88.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.66% -0.001 0.1337) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.66% 0.134 90.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.1135, 54.3526, 15.5292) |
| Luminance | 0.5435 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.81
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.38
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.10
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.30
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.35
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4BF51 #5176E4
analogous
#E47551 #E4BF51 #BFE451
triadic
#E4BF51 #51E4BF #BF51E4
tetradic
#E4BF51 #51E475 #5176E4 #E451BF
square
#E4BF51 #51E475 #5176E4 #E451BF
split-complementary
#E4BF51 #51BFE4 #7551E4
monochromatic
#A27F19 #D7A921 #E4BF51 #ECD286 #F4E6BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.77
#E4BF51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.87
#E4BF51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4BF51
11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4BF51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4BF51 | 1.00 | 1.77 | 11.87 | 11.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BD44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC756
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B0A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4bf51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 191, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.134 90.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d286',
500: '#e4bf51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4bf51; $custom-light: #f0d286; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4bf51",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 191,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.898,
"s": 73.134,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81661,
"c": 0.13371,
"h": 90.4
},
"luminance": 0.5435
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4BF51
secondary
#3551A4
accent
#42D510
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E