#E2B257#E2B257

#E2B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B257
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 7.56, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 52.72, 81.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0183 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.122 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0074, 48.7008, 15.8339)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B257 #5787E2

analogous

#E26D57 #E2B257 #CCE257

triadic

#E2B257 #57E2B2 #B257E2

tetradic

#E2B257 #57E26D #5787E2 #E257CC

square

#E2B257 #57E26D #5787E2 #E257CC

split-complementary

#E2B257 #57CCE2 #6D57E2

monochromatic

#A3741C #D79925 #E2B257 #EBCA8B #F4E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E2B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E2B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B257

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B257	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)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc889',
    500: '#e2b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b257;
$custom-light: #efc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B257

secondary

#B0C2E4

accent

#55D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B257

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

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