#E2B462#E2B462

#E2B462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.114 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B462
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 7.29, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 48.17, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.019 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.114 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8923, 49.6962, 18.5173)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B462 #6290E2

analogous

#E27462 #E2B462 #D0E262

triadic

#E2B462 #62E2B4 #B462E2

tetradic

#E2B462 #62E274 #6290E2 #E262D0

square

#E2B462 #62E274 #6290E2 #E262D0

split-complementary

#E2B462 #62D0E2 #7462E2

monochromatic

#AA781F #D89B2E #E2B462 #ECCD96 #F5E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E2B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E2B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B462

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B462	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.114 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca91',
    500: '#e2b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b462;
$custom-light: #eeca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.438,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79481,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B462

secondary

#B9CAE7

accent

#58D115

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FEF8F1

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B462

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