#E0B142#E0B142

#E0B142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B142
RGB	rgb(224, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 6.01, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 61.04, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0113 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.136 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4488, 47.6881, 11.8588)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B142 #4271E0

analogous

#E06242 #E0B142 #C0E042

triadic

#E0B142 #42E0B1 #B142E0

tetradic

#E0B142 #42E062 #4271E0 #E042C0

square

#E0B142 #42E062 #4271E0 #E042C0

split-complementary

#E0B142 #42C0E0 #6242E0

monochromatic

#906C18 #C59420 #E0B142 #E9C777 #F1DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E0B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#E0B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B142

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B142	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec87c',
    500: '#e0b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b142;
$custom-light: #eec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78352,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B142

secondary

#9FB2DF

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B142

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

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