#E2B225#E2B225

#E2B225 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.152 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B225
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 83.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 5.24, 71.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 71.35, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.006 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.152 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6215, 48.1465, 8.5349)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B225 #2555E2

analogous

#E25425 #E2B225 #B4E225

triadic

#E2B225 #25E2B2 #B225E2

tetradic

#E2B225 #25E254 #2555E2 #E225B4

square

#E2B225 #25E254 #2555E2 #E225B4

split-complementary

#E2B225 #25B4E2 #5425E2

monochromatic

#7C6111 #B28B18 #E2B225 #E9C55B #F0D891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E2B225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E2B225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B225

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B225	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)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.152 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c86e',
    500: '#e2b225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b225;
$custom-light: #f0c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.762,
    "s": 76.518,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78573,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B225

secondary

#889DDB

accent

#65F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B225

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

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