#E2B243#E2B243

#E2B243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.137 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B243
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 70.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 6.38, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 61.20, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0124 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.137 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3004, 48.4181, 12.1107)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B243 #4373E2

analogous

#E26343 #E2B243 #C2E243

triadic

#E2B243 #43E2B2 #B243E2

tetradic

#E2B243 #43E263 #4373E2 #E243C2

square

#E2B243 #43E263 #4373E2 #E243C2

split-complementary

#E2B243 #43C2E2 #6343E2

monochromatic

#946E17 #C9961F #E2B243 #EAC878 #F2DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E2B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#E2B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B243

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B243	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)

#C7B234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.137 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc87d',
    500: '#e2b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b243;
$custom-light: #efc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78762,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B243

secondary

#A0B4E1

accent

#6FF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B243

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

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