#E2B151#E2B151

#E2B151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.126 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B151
RGB	rgb(226, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 7.70, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 55.16, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.018 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.126 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5741, 48.2104, 14.5301)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B151 #5182E2

analogous

#E26851 #E2B151 #CBE251

triadic

#E2B151 #51E2B1 #B151E2

tetradic

#E2B151 #51E268 #5182E2 #E251CB

square

#E2B151 #51E268 #5182E2 #E251CB

split-complementary

#E2B151 #51CBE2 #6851E2

monochromatic

#9E721A #D39723 #E2B151 #EBC985 #F3E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E2B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B151

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B151	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.126 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc885',
    500: '#e2b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b151;
$custom-light: #efc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78697,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B151

secondary

#ACBEE3

accent

#53D312

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B151

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

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