#E2B457#E2B457

#E2B457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B457
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 6.50, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 53.14, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0153 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.123 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4082, 49.5025, 15.9676)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B457 #5785E2

analogous

#E26F57 #E2B457 #CBE257

triadic

#E2B457 #57E2B4 #B457E2

tetradic

#E2B457 #57E26F #5785E2 #E257CB

square

#E2B457 #57E26F #5785E2 #E257CB

split-complementary

#E2B457 #57CBE2 #6F57E2

monochromatic

#A3761C #D79C25 #E2B457 #EBCB8B #F4E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E2B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E2B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B457

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B457	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca89',
    500: '#e2b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b457;
$custom-light: #efca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79349,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B457

secondary

#B0C2E4

accent

#52D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B457

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

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