#E2B252#E2B252

#E2B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B252
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 7.23, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 54.92, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0167 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.126 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8101, 48.6219, 14.7951)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B252 #5282E2

analogous

#E26A52 #E2B252 #CAE252

triadic

#E2B252 #52E2B2 #B252E2

tetradic

#E2B252 #52E26A #5282E2 #E252CA

square

#E2B252 #52E26A #5282E2 #E252CA

split-complementary

#E2B252 #52CAE2 #6A52E2

monochromatic

#9F731B #D39923 #E2B252 #EBC986 #F4E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E2B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B252

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B252	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)

#C6B248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc886',
    500: '#e2b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b252;
$custom-light: #efc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78903,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B252

secondary

#ACBFE3

accent

#53D312

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B252

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

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