#E4C260#E4C260

#E4C260 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C260
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, 0.63, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 52.93, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0008 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.123 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4004, 55.9249, 19.0459)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C260 #6082E4

analogous

#E48060 #E4C260 #C4E460

triadic

#E4C260 #60E4C2 #C260E4

tetradic

#E4C260 #60E480 #6082E4 #E460C4

square

#E4C260 #60E480 #6082E4 #E460C4

split-complementary

#E4C260 #60C4E4 #8060E4

monochromatic

#AC871D #DBAE2C #E4C260 #EDD694 #F6EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E4C260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C260

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C260	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)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd490',
    500: '#e4c260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c260;
$custom-light: #efd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82421,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C260

secondary

#3A58AE

accent

#44D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C260

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

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