#E2B250#E2B250

#E2B250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.127 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B250
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 7.11, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 55.79, 82.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0161 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.127 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7351, 48.5919, 14.4002)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B250 #5080E2

analogous

#E26950 #E2B250 #C9E250

triadic

#E2B250 #50E2B2 #B250E2

tetradic

#E2B250 #50E269 #5080E2 #E250C9

square

#E2B250 #50E269 #5080E2 #E250C9

split-complementary

#E2B250 #50C9E2 #6950E2

monochromatic

#9E721A #D29823 #E2B250 #EBC984 #F3E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E2B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B250

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B250	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.127 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc885',
    500: '#e2b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b250;
$custom-light: #efc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78882,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B250

secondary

#ABBDE3

accent

#75EE39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B250

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

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