#E4C262#E4C262

#E4C262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.122 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C262
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, 0.78, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 52.02, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0002 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.122 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4936, 55.9622, 19.5370)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C262 #6284E4

analogous

#E48162 #E4C262 #C5E462

triadic

#E4C262 #62E4C2 #C262E4

tetradic

#E4C262 #62E481 #6284E4 #E462C5

square

#E4C262 #62E481 #6284E4 #E462C5

split-complementary

#E4C262 #62C5E4 #8162E4

monochromatic

#AE881E #DBAE2E #E4C262 #EDD696 #F6EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E4C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C262

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C262	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.122 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd491',
    500: '#e4c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c262;
$custom-light: #efd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82444,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C262

secondary

#3B59AF

accent

#45D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C262

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

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