#E4C25E#E4C25E

#E4C25E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C25E
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, 0.49, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 53.84, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0015 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3095, 55.8885, 18.5671)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C25E #5E80E4

analogous

#E47F5E #E4C25E #C3E45E

triadic

#E4C25E #5EE4C2 #C25EE4

tetradic

#E4C25E #5EE47F #5E80E4 #E45EC3

square

#E4C25E #5EE47F #5E80E4 #E45EC3

split-complementary

#E4C25E #5EC3E4 #7F5EE4

monochromatic

#AB871D #DBAE2A #E4C25E #EDD692 #F6EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E4C25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C25E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C25E	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd48f',
    500: '#e4c25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c25e;
$custom-light: #efd48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82398,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C25E

secondary

#3A57AD

accent

#43D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C25E

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