#E2B051#E2B051

#E2B051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.126 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B051
RGB	rgb(226, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 8.22, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 54.96, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0195 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.126 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3773, 47.8168, 14.4645)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B051 #5183E2

analogous

#E26751 #E2B051 #CCE251

triadic

#E2B051 #51E2B0 #B051E2

tetradic

#E2B051 #51E267 #5183E2 #E251CC

square

#E2B051 #51E267 #5183E2 #E251CC

split-complementary

#E2B051 #51CCE2 #6751E2

monochromatic

#9E711A #D39623 #E2B051 #EBC885 #F3E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E2B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E2B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B051

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B051	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.126 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc785',
    500: '#e2b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b051;
$custom-light: #efc785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78503,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B051

secondary

#ACBFE3

accent

#55D312

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B051

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

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