#E2B451#E2B451

#E2B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B451
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 6.11, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 55.78, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0134 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.127 84)
XYZ	xyz(49.1732, 49.4085, 14.7298)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B451 #517FE2

analogous

#E26C51 #E2B451 #C7E251

triadic

#E2B451 #51E2B4 #B451E2

tetradic

#E2B451 #51E26C #517FE2 #E251C7

square

#E2B451 #51E26C #517FE2 #E251C7

split-complementary

#E2B451 #51C7E2 #6C51E2

monochromatic

#9E741A #D39B23 #E2B451 #EBCB85 #F3E1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E2B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#E2B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B451

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B451	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca86',
    500: '#e2b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b451;
$custom-light: #efca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.966,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.49405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B451

secondary

#ACBDE3

accent

#4FD312

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B451

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

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