#E2B240#E2B240

#E2B240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.138 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B240
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 6.23, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 62.38, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.0116 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.138 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2127, 48.3830, 11.6490)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B240 #4070E2

analogous

#E26140 #E2B240 #C1E240

triadic

#E2B240 #40E2B2 #B240E2

tetradic

#E2B240 #40E261 #4070E2 #E240C1

square

#E2B240 #40E261 #4070E2 #E240C1

split-complementary

#E2B240 #40C1E2 #6140E2

monochromatic

#926D16 #C7951E #E2B240 #EAC775 #F2DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#E2B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B240

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B240	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.138 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c87b',
    500: '#e2b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b240;
$custom-light: #f0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78738,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B240

secondary

#9EB1E0

accent

#6EF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B240

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

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