#E2B255#E2B255

#E2B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B255
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 7.42, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 53.61, 82.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0177 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.124 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9268, 48.6686, 15.4096)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B255 #5585E2

analogous

#E26B55 #E2B255 #CCE255

triadic

#E2B255 #55E2B2 #B255E2

tetradic

#E2B255 #55E26B #5585E2 #E255CC

square

#E2B255 #55E26B #5585E2 #E255CC

split-complementary

#E2B255 #55CCE2 #6B55E2

monochromatic

#A1741B #D59924 #E2B255 #EBCA89 #F4E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E2B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B255

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B255	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)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc888',
    500: '#e2b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b255;
$custom-light: #efc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78935,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B255

secondary

#AFC1E4

accent

#54D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B255

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

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