#E0B238#E0B238

#E0B238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B238
RGB	rgb(224, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 5.02, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 65.03, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0073 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.143 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3776, 47.9768, 10.5057)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B238 #3866E0

analogous

#E05E38 #E0B238 #BAE038

triadic

#E0B238 #38E0B2 #B238E0

tetradic

#E0B238 #38E05E #3866E0 #E038BA

square

#E0B238 #38E05E #3866E0 #E038BA

split-complementary

#E0B238 #38BAE0 #5E38E0

monochromatic

#886915 #BD921D #E0B238 #E8C66D #F0DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E0B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#E0B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B238

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B238	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec877',
    500: '#e0b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b238;
$custom-light: #eec877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.571,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B238

secondary

#97AADD

accent

#6AF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B238

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

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