#E4C577#E4C577

#E4C577 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.104 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C577
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, 0.99, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 43.00, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% 0.0028 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.104 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2928, 57.7609, 25.6857)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C577 #7796E4

analogous

#E48E77 #E4C577 #CCE477

triadic

#E4C577 #77E4C5 #C577E4

tetradic

#E4C577 #77E48E #7796E4 #E477CC

square

#E4C577 #77E48E #7796E4 #E477CC

split-complementary

#E4C577 #77CCE4 #8E77E4

monochromatic

#BB9125 #DAAF44 #E4C577 #EEDBAA #F8F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E4C577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C577

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C577	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.104 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed69f',
    500: '#e4c577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c577;
$custom-light: #eed69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.936,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83325,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C577

secondary

#4466BB

accent

#4BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C577

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

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