#E2B160#E2B160

#E2B160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.114 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B160
RGB	rgb(226, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 8.73, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 48.47, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0229 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.114 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2000, 48.4607, 17.8265)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B160 #6091E2

analogous

#E27060 #E2B160 #D2E260

triadic

#E2B160 #60E2B1 #B160E2

tetradic

#E2B160 #60E270 #6091E2 #E260D2

square

#E2B160 #60E270 #6091E2 #E260D2

split-complementary

#E2B160 #60D2E2 #7060E2

monochromatic

#A9751F #D9982C #E2B160 #EBCA94 #F5E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E2B160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B160

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B160	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.114 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec88f',
    500: '#e2b160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b160;
$custom-light: #eec88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78871,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B160

secondary

#B8C9E6

accent

#5CD114

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B160

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

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