#E4C472#E4C472

#E4C472 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.108 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C472
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, 1.05, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 45.09, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% 0.0025 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.108 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7741, 57.1913, 24.0702)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C472 #7292E4

analogous

#E48B72 #E4C472 #CBE472

triadic

#E4C472 #72E4C4 #C472E4

tetradic

#E4C472 #72E48B #7292E4 #E472CB

square

#E4C472 #72E48B #7292E4 #E472CB

split-complementary

#E4C472 #72CBE4 #8B72E4

monochromatic

#B88E23 #DAAF3F #E4C472 #EED9A5 #F8EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E4C472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C472

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C472	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.108 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd59c',
    500: '#e4c472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c472;
$custom-light: #efd59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83053,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C472

secondary

#4263B9

accent

#4AD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C472

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

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