#E2B159#E2B159

#E2B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B159
RGB	rgb(226, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 8.22, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 51.63, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0205 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.12 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8920, 48.3375, 16.2042)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B159 #598AE2

analogous

#E26D59 #E2B159 #CFE259

triadic

#E2B159 #59E2B1 #B159E2

tetradic

#E2B159 #59E26D #598AE2 #E259CF

square

#E2B159 #59E26D #598AE2 #E259CF

split-complementary

#E2B159 #59CFE2 #6D59E2

monochromatic

#A4741D #D89826 #E2B159 #EBC98D #F4E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E2B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B159

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B159	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)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc88b',
    500: '#e2b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b159;
$custom-light: #efc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78786,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B159

secondary

#B2C4E5

accent

#58D213

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B159

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

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