#E2B223#E2B223

#E2B223 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.153 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B223
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 84.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 5.19, 71.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 71.88, 85.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0057 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.153 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5909, 48.1343, 8.3740)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B223 #2353E2

analogous

#E25223 #E2B223 #B3E223

triadic

#E2B223 #23E2B2 #B223E2

tetradic

#E2B223 #23E252 #2353E2 #E223B3

square

#E2B223 #23E252 #2353E2 #E223B3

split-complementary

#E2B223 #23B3E2 #5223E2

monochromatic

#7A6010 #B18A17 #E2B223 #E9C559 #F0D88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E2B223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E2B223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B223

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B223	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.153 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c86d',
    500: '#e2b223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b223;
$custom-light: #f1c86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.921,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78565,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B223

secondary

#869BDB

accent

#64F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B223

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

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