#E2B555#E2B555

#E2B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B555
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 5.84, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 54.25, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0131 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.125 84)
XYZ	xyz(49.5302, 49.8755, 15.6107)
Luminance	0.4987 (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

#E2B555 #5582E2

analogous

#E26E55 #E2B555 #C8E255

triadic

#E2B555 #55E2B5 #B555E2

tetradic

#E2B555 #55E26E #5582E2 #E255C8

square

#E2B555 #55E26E #5582E2 #E255C8

split-complementary

#E2B555 #55C8E2 #6E55E2

monochromatic

#A1761B #D59D24 #E2B555 #EBCC89 #F4E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E2B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#E2B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B555

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B555	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca88',
    500: '#e2b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b555;
$custom-light: #efca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79523,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.49872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B555

secondary

#AFC0E4

accent

#50D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B555

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

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