#E2B156#E2B156

#E2B156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B156
RGB	rgb(226, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 8.02, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 52.97, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0196 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.122 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7685, 48.2881, 15.5542)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B156 #5687E2

analogous

#E26B56 #E2B156 #CDE256

triadic

#E2B156 #56E2B1 #B156E2

tetradic

#E2B156 #56E26B #5687E2 #E256CD

square

#E2B156 #56E26B #5687E2 #E256CD

split-complementary

#E2B156 #56CDE2 #6B56E2

monochromatic

#A2731C #D69825 #E2B156 #EBC98A #F4E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E2B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B156

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B156	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc889',
    500: '#e2b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b156;
$custom-light: #efc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78752,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B156

secondary

#B0C2E4

accent

#56D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B156

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

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