#E2B256#E2B256

#E2B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.123 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B256
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 7.49, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 53.17, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.018 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.123 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9668, 48.6846, 15.6203)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B256 #5686E2

analogous

#E26C56 #E2B256 #CCE256

triadic

#E2B256 #56E2B2 #B256E2

tetradic

#E2B256 #56E26C #5686E2 #E256CC

square

#E2B256 #56E26C #5686E2 #E256CC

split-complementary

#E2B256 #56CCE2 #6C56E2

monochromatic

#A2741C #D69925 #E2B256 #EBCA8A #F4E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E2B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B256

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B256	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.123 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc889',
    500: '#e2b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b256;
$custom-light: #efc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78946,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B256

secondary

#B0C2E4

accent

#55D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B256

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

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