#E2B53E#E2B53E
#E2B53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2B53E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 181, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 74%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 73%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 72.6%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.80, 4.56, 63.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.80, 63.75, 85.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.31% 0.0065 0.1409) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.31% 0.141 87.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7603, 49.5675, 11.5558) |
| Luminance | 0.4956 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.60
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 3.59
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.00
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.11
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 4.51
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2B53E #3E6BE2
analogous
#E2633E #E2B53E #BDE23E
triadic
#E2B53E #3EE2B5 #B53EE2
tetradic
#E2B53E #3EE263 #3E6BE2 #E23EBD
square
#E2B53E #3EE263 #3E6BE2 #E23EBD
split-complementary
#E2B53E #3EBDE2 #633EE2
monochromatic
#906E16 #C5971E #E2B53E #EAC973 #F2DEA8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.92
#E2B53E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.91
#E2B53E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2B53E
10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2B53E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2B53E | 1.00 | 1.92 | 10.91 | 10.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.92 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB42C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C044
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5A59D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2b53e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 87.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ca7b',
500: '#e2b53e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2b53e; $custom-light: #f0ca7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2b53e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 181,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.537,
"s": 73.874,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79313,
"c": 0.14101,
"h": 87.3
},
"luminance": 0.49564
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2B53E
secondary
#9CAFE0
accent
#6AF137
background
#FFFCF7
surface
#FFF8EE
border
#D7D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C