#E2B43D#E2B43D
#E2B43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.141 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2B43D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 180, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 74%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 73%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 73%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.55, 5.04, 63.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.55, 63.92, 85.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.11% 0.0078 0.141) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.11% 0.141 86.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5305, 49.1514, 11.3450) |
| Luminance | 0.4915 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.79
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 3.35
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.07
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.15
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 4.20
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2B43D #3D6BE2
analogous
#E2623D #E2B43D #BDE23D
triadic
#E2B43D #3DE2B4 #B43DE2
tetradic
#E2B43D #3DE262 #3D6BE2 #E23DBD
square
#E2B43D #3DE262 #3D6BE2 #E23DBD
split-complementary
#E2B43D #3DBDE2 #623DE2
monochromatic
#8F6D15 #C4961D #E2B43D #EAC972 #F2DDA7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.94
#E2B43D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.83
#E2B43D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2B43D
10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2B43D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2B43D | 1.00 | 1.94 | 10.83 | 10.83 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.94 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B32B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5A49C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2b43d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.141 86.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ca7a',
500: '#e2b43d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2b43d; $custom-light: #f0ca7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2b43d",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 180,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.273,
"s": 73.991,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79108,
"c": 0.14118,
"h": 86.8
},
"luminance": 0.49148
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2B43D
secondary
#9BAEDF
accent
#6BF137
background
#FFFCF7
surface
#FFF8EE
border
#D7D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C