#E2B43E#E2B43E

#E2B43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.141 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B43E
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 5.09, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 63.55, 85.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0081 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.141 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5577, 49.1623, 11.4882)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B43E #3E6CE2

analogous

#E2623E #E2B43E #BEE23E

triadic

#E2B43E #3EE2B4 #B43EE2

tetradic

#E2B43E #3EE262 #3E6CE2 #E23EBE

square

#E2B43E #3EE262 #3E6CE2 #E23EBE

split-complementary

#E2B43E #3EBEE2 #623EE2

monochromatic

#906E16 #C5961E #E2B43E #EAC973 #F2DDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E2B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E2B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B43E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B43E	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)

#C9B32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.141 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca7a',
    500: '#e2b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b43e;
$custom-light: #f0ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79116,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B43E

secondary

#9CAFE0

accent

#6BF137

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B43E

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

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