#E2B23F#E2B23F

#E2B23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.139 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B23F
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 6.19, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 62.76, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0114 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.139 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1845, 48.3717, 11.5005)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B23F #3F6FE2

analogous

#E2613F #E2B23F #C1E23F

triadic

#E2B23F #3FE2B2 #B23FE2

tetradic

#E2B23F #3FE261 #3F6FE2 #E23FC1

square

#E2B23F #3FE261 #3F6FE2 #E23FC1

split-complementary

#E2B23F #3FC1E2 #613FE2

monochromatic

#916D16 #C6941E #E2B23F #EAC774 #F2DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#E2B23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B23F

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B23F	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)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.139 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c87b',
    500: '#e2b23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b23f;
$custom-light: #f0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.331,
    "s": 73.756,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7873,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B23F

secondary

#9DB1E0

accent

#6EF037

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B23F

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

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