#E2B540#E2B540

#E2B540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.140 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B540
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, 4.65, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 62.99, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.007 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.14 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8162, 49.5899, 11.8501)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B540 #406DE2

analogous

#E26440 #E2B540 #BEE240

triadic

#E2B540 #40E2B5 #B540E2

tetradic

#E2B540 #40E264 #406DE2 #E240BE

square

#E2B540 #40E264 #406DE2 #E240BE

split-complementary

#E2B540 #40BEE2 #6440E2

monochromatic

#926F16 #C7981E #E2B540 #EACA75 #F2DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E2B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E2B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B540

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B540	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.140 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7c',
    500: '#e2b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b540;
$custom-light: #efca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79328,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B540

secondary

#9EB0E0

accent

#6BF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B540

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

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