#E2B442#E2B442

#E2B442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.138 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B442
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, 5.28, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 62.00, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0091 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.138 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6715, 49.2078, 12.0877)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B442 #4270E2

analogous

#E26442 #E2B442 #C0E242

triadic

#E2B442 #42E2B4 #B442E2

tetradic

#E2B442 #42E264 #4270E2 #E242C0

square

#E2B442 #42E264 #4270E2 #E242C0

split-complementary

#E2B442 #42C0E2 #6442E2

monochromatic

#936F17 #C8971F #E2B442 #EAC977 #F2DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E2B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E2B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B442

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B442	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.138 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7d',
    500: '#e2b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b442;
$custom-light: #efca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B442

secondary

#9FB2E0

accent

#6DF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B442

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

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