#E4C474#E4C474

#E4C474 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.106 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C474
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, 1.23, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 44.14, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.0032 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.106 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8892, 57.2374, 24.6763)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C474 #7494E4

analogous

#E48C74 #E4C474 #CCE474

triadic

#E4C474 #74E4C4 #C474E4

tetradic

#E4C474 #74E48C #7494E4 #E474CC

square

#E4C474 #74E48C #7494E4 #E474CC

split-complementary

#E4C474 #74CCE4 #8C74E4

monochromatic

#BA8F24 #DAAE41 #E4C474 #EEDAA7 #F8F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E4C474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C474

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C474	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.106 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd59d',
    500: '#e4c474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c474;
$custom-light: #efd59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83082,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C474

secondary

#4365BA

accent

#4BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C474

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

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