#E4C159#E4C159

#E4C159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C159
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, 0.66, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 55.80, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0016 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.129 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8705, 55.3580, 17.3496)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C159 #597CE4

analogous

#E47C59 #E4C159 #C2E459

triadic

#E4C159 #59E4C1 #C159E4

tetradic

#E4C159 #59E47C #597CE4 #E459C2

square

#E4C159 #59E47C #597CE4 #E459C2

split-complementary

#E4C159 #59C2E4 #7C59E4

monochromatic

#A7841B #DBAD24 #E4C159 #EDD58E #F5E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#E4C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C159

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C159	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d38b',
    500: '#e4c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c159;
$custom-light: #f0d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82143,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C159

secondary

#3854A9

accent

#42D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C159

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

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