#E0B138#E0B138

#E0B138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.142 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B138
RGB	rgb(224, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, 5.55, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 64.84, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.0088 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.142 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1793, 47.5803, 10.4396)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B138 #3867E0

analogous

#E05D38 #E0B138 #BBE038

triadic

#E0B138 #38E0B1 #B138E0

tetradic

#E0B138 #38E05D #3867E0 #E038BB

square

#E0B138 #38E05D #3867E0 #E038BB

split-complementary

#E0B138 #38BBE0 #5D38E0

monochromatic

#886815 #BD911D #E0B138 #E8C66D #F0DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E0B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E0B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B138

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B138	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec877',
    500: '#e0b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b138;
$custom-light: #eec877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.214,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B138

secondary

#97AADD

accent

#6BF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B138

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

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