#E4C162#E4C162

#E4C162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.121 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C162
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, 1.30, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 51.73, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% 0.0014 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.121 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2718, 55.5186, 19.4631)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C162 #6285E4

analogous

#E48062 #E4C162 #C6E462

triadic

#E4C162 #62E4C1 #C162E4

tetradic

#E4C162 #62E480 #6285E4 #E462C6

square

#E4C162 #62E480 #6285E4 #E462C6

split-complementary

#E4C162 #62C6E4 #8062E4

monochromatic

#AE871E #DBAC2E #E4C162 #EDD696 #F6EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#E4C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C162

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C162	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.121 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd391',
    500: '#e4c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c162;
$custom-light: #efd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82245,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C162

secondary

#3B5AAF

accent

#46D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C162

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

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