#E2B23E#E2B23E

#E2B23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.140 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B23E
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, 6.14, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 63.15, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0111 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.14 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1569, 48.3606, 11.3546)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B23E #3E6EE2

analogous

#E2603E #E2B23E #C0E23E

triadic

#E2B23E #3EE2B2 #B23EE2

tetradic

#E2B23E #3EE260 #3E6EE2 #E23EC0

square

#E2B23E #3EE260 #3E6EE2 #E23EC0

split-complementary

#E2B23E #3EC0E2 #603EE2

monochromatic

#906C16 #C5941E #E2B23E #EAC773 #F2DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E2B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B23E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B23E	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)

#C8B12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.140 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c87a',
    500: '#e2b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b23e;
$custom-light: #f0c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B23E

secondary

#9CB0E0

accent

#6DF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B23E

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

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