#E4C055#E4C055

#E4C055 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C055
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, 0.92, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 57.28, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0013 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.131 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4868, 54.8520, 16.4155)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C055 #5579E4

analogous

#E47955 #E4C055 #C1E455

triadic

#E4C055 #55E4C0 #C055E4

tetradic

#E4C055 #55E479 #5579E4 #E455C1

square

#E4C055 #55E479 #5579E4 #E455C1

split-complementary

#E4C055 #55C1E4 #7955E4

monochromatic

#A4821A #D9AB23 #E4C055 #ECD48A #F5E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E4C055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E4C055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C055

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C055	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d289',
    500: '#e4c055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c055;
$custom-light: #f0d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81901,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C055

secondary

#3653A7

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C055

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

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