#E0B042#E0B042

#E0B042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B042
RGB	rgb(224, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, 6.53, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 60.84, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0128 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.136 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2520, 47.2945, 11.7932)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B042 #4272E0

analogous

#E06142 #E0B042 #C1E042

triadic

#E0B042 #42E0B0 #B042E0

tetradic

#E0B042 #42E061 #4272E0 #E042C1

square

#E0B042 #42E061 #4272E0 #E042C1

split-complementary

#E0B042 #42C1E0 #6142E0

monochromatic

#906B18 #C59320 #E0B042 #E9C677 #F1DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E0B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#E0B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B042

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B042	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec77c',
    500: '#e0b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b042;
$custom-light: #eec77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78155,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B042

secondary

#9FB2DF

accent

#70EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B042

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

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