#E0B255#E0B255

#E0B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B255
RGB	rgb(224, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 6.58, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 53.22, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0154 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.123 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3031, 48.3470, 15.3803)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B255 #5583E0

analogous

#E06C55 #E0B255 #C8E055

triadic

#E0B255 #55E0B2 #B255E0

tetradic

#E0B255 #55E06C #5583E0 #E055C8

square

#E0B255 #55E06C #5583E0 #E055C8

split-complementary

#E0B255 #55C8E0 #6C55E0

monochromatic

#9E731D #D29926 #E0B255 #E9C989 #F3E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E0B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E0B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B255

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B255	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc888',
    500: '#e0b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b255;
$custom-light: #edc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78731,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B255

secondary

#AEBFE3

accent

#53D114

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B255

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

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