#E0B242#E0B242

#E0B242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.137 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B242
RGB	rgb(224, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, 5.48, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 61.24, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0098 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.137 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6470, 48.0846, 11.9249)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B242 #4270E0

analogous

#E06342 #E0B242 #BFE042

triadic

#E0B242 #42E0B2 #B242E0

tetradic

#E0B242 #42E063 #4270E0 #E042BF

square

#E0B242 #42E063 #4270E0 #E042BF

split-complementary

#E0B242 #42BFE0 #6342E0

monochromatic

#906D18 #C59520 #E0B242 #E9C777 #F1DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E0B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#E0B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B242

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B242	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.137 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec87c',
    500: '#e0b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b242;
$custom-light: #eec87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.532,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B242

secondary

#9FB1DF

accent

#6EEF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B242

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

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