#E2B253#E2B253

#E2B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.125 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B253
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 7.29, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 54.49, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0171 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.125 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8484, 48.6373, 14.9970)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B253 #5383E2

analogous

#E26A53 #E2B253 #CAE253

triadic

#E2B253 #53E2B2 #B253E2

tetradic

#E2B253 #53E26A #5383E2 #E253CA

square

#E2B253 #53E26A #5383E2 #E253CA

split-complementary

#E2B253 #53CAE2 #6A53E2

monochromatic

#A0731B #D49924 #E2B253 #EBC987 #F4E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E2B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B253

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B253	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.125 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc887',
    500: '#e2b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b253;
$custom-light: #efc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78914,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B253

secondary

#ADBFE4

accent

#53D312

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B253

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

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