#E4C15A#E4C15A

#E4C15A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.128 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C15A
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, 0.73, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 55.35, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0013 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.128 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9128, 55.3749, 17.5723)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C15A #5A7DE4

analogous

#E47C5A #E4C15A #C2E45A

triadic

#E4C15A #5AE4C1 #C15AE4

tetradic

#E4C15A #5AE47C #5A7DE4 #E45AC2

square

#E4C15A #5AE47C #5A7DE4 #E45AC2

split-complementary

#E4C15A #5AC2E4 #7C5AE4

monochromatic

#A8841C #DBAD25 #E4C15A #EDD58F #F5E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#E4C15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C15A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C15A	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)

#D4BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.128 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d38c',
    500: '#e4c15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c15a;
$custom-light: #f0d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82153,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C15A

secondary

#3855AA

accent

#43D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C15A

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