#E2B440#E2B440

#E2B440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B440
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 5.18, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 62.78, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0086 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.139 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6136, 49.1847, 11.7826)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B440 #406EE2

analogous

#E26340 #E2B440 #BFE240

triadic

#E2B440 #40E2B4 #B440E2

tetradic

#E2B440 #40E263 #406EE2 #E240BF

square

#E2B440 #40E263 #406EE2 #E240BF

split-complementary

#E2B440 #40BFE2 #6340E2

monochromatic

#926E16 #C7971E #E2B440 #EAC975 #F2DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E2B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E2B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B440

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B440	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7c',
    500: '#e2b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b440;
$custom-light: #efca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.963,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79131,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B440

secondary

#9EB1E0

accent

#6CF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B440

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

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