#E2B549#E2B549

#E2B549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.134 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B549
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 5.12, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 59.39, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0095 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.134 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0933, 49.7007, 13.3095)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B549 #4976E2

analogous

#E26849 #E2B549 #C2E249

triadic

#E2B549 #49E2B5 #B549E2

tetradic

#E2B549 #49E268 #4976E2 #E249C2

square

#E2B549 #49E268 #4976E2 #E249C2

split-complementary

#E2B549 #49C2E2 #6849E2

monochromatic

#987318 #CD9A21 #E2B549 #EACA7E #F3E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E2B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#E2B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B549

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B549	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)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.134 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca81',
    500: '#e2b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b549;
$custom-light: #efca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79404,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B549

secondary

#A5B7E2

accent

#6EEF39

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B549

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

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