#E2B261#E2B261

#E2B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.114 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B261
RGB	rgb(226, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, 8.27, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 48.21, 80.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0217 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.114 79)
XYZ	xyz(49.4446, 48.8757, 18.1366)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B261 #6191E2

analogous

#E27161 #E2B261 #D2E261

triadic

#E2B261 #61E2B2 #B261E2

tetradic

#E2B261 #61E271 #6191E2 #E261D2

square

#E2B261 #61E271 #6191E2 #E261D2

split-complementary

#E2B261 #61D2E2 #7161E2

monochromatic

#A9761F #D9992D #E2B261 #EBCB95 #F5E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E2B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#E2B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B261

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B261	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.114 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec890',
    500: '#e2b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b261;
$custom-light: #eec890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.48873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B261

secondary

#B8CAE6

accent

#5BD115

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B261

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

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