#E4C170#E4C170

#E4C170 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.108 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C170
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 50.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, 2.44, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 45.18, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% 0.0063 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.108 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9916, 55.8065, 23.2539)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C170 #7093E4

analogous

#E48770 #E4C170 #CDE470

triadic

#E4C170 #70E4C1 #C170E4

tetradic

#E4C170 #70E487 #7093E4 #E470CD

square

#E4C170 #70E487 #7093E4 #E470CD

split-complementary

#E4C170 #70CDE4 #8770E4

monochromatic

#B78A23 #DAAB3D #E4C170 #EED7A3 #F7EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E4C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C170

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C170	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.108 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd39b',
    500: '#e4c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c170;
$custom-light: #efd39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82427,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C170

secondary

#4165B7

accent

#4ED015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C170

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

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