#E4C057#E4C057

#E4C057 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.130 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C057
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 1.05, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 56.40, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0007 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.13 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5674, 54.8843, 16.8399)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C057 #577BE4

analogous

#E47A57 #E4C057 #C2E457

triadic

#E4C057 #57E4C0 #C057E4

tetradic

#E4C057 #57E47A #577BE4 #E457C2

square

#E4C057 #57E47A #577BE4 #E457C2

split-complementary

#E4C057 #57C2E4 #7A57E4

monochromatic

#A6821B #DBAC23 #E4C057 #ECD48C #F5E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E4C057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#E4C057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C057

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C057	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.130 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d28a',
    500: '#e4c057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c057;
$custom-light: #f0d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81921,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C057

secondary

#3754A8

accent

#43D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C057

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