#E2B259#E2B259

#E2B259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B259
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 7.69, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 51.83, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.019 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.12 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0902, 48.7340, 16.2702)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B259 #5989E2

analogous

#E26E59 #E2B259 #CEE259

triadic

#E2B259 #59E2B2 #B259E2

tetradic

#E2B259 #59E26E #5989E2 #E259CE

square

#E2B259 #59E26E #5989E2 #E259CE

split-complementary

#E2B259 #59CEE2 #6E59E2

monochromatic

#A4751D #D89A26 #E2B259 #EBCA8D #F4E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E2B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#E2B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B259

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B259	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec88b',
    500: '#e2b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b259;
$custom-light: #eec88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B259

secondary

#B2C4E5

accent

#56D213

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B259

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

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