#E2B541#E2B541

#E2B541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.139 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B541
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, 4.70, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 62.60, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% 0.0073 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.139 87)
XYZ	xyz(48.8449, 49.6014, 12.0013)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B541 #416EE2

analogous

#E26541 #E2B541 #BEE241

triadic

#E2B541 #41E2B5 #B541E2

tetradic

#E2B541 #41E265 #416EE2 #E241BE

square

#E2B541 #41E265 #416EE2 #E241BE

split-complementary

#E2B541 #41BEE2 #6541E2

monochromatic

#927016 #C7981E #E2B541 #EACA76 #F2DEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E2B541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#E2B541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B541

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B541	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)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.139 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca7c',
    500: '#e2b541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b541;
$custom-light: #efca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.49598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B541

secondary

#9FB1E0

accent

#6BF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B541

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

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