#E2B228#E2B228

#E2B228 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.151 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B228
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 5.32, 70.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 70.53, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0065 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.151 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6705, 48.1661, 8.7933)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B228 #2858E2

analogous

#E25528 #E2B228 #B5E228

triadic

#E2B228 #28E2B2 #B228E2

tetradic

#E2B228 #28E255 #2858E2 #E228B5

square

#E2B228 #28E255 #2858E2 #E228B5

split-complementary

#E2B228 #28B5E2 #5528E2

monochromatic

#7F6211 #B48C18 #E2B228 #E9C55E #F1D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E2B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E2B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B228

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B228	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)

#D4BE31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.151 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c86f',
    500: '#e2b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b228;
$custom-light: #f0c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78587,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B228

secondary

#8A9FDC

accent

#66F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B228

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

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