#E2B557#E2B557

#E2B557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.123 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B557
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 5.97, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 53.36, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0137 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.123 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6108, 49.9077, 16.0351)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B557 #5784E2

analogous

#E27057 #E2B557 #C9E257

triadic

#E2B557 #57E2B5 #B557E2

tetradic

#E2B557 #57E270 #5784E2 #E257C9

square

#E2B557 #57E270 #5784E2 #E257C9

split-complementary

#E2B557 #57C9E2 #7057E2

monochromatic

#A3771C #D79D25 #E2B557 #EBCC8B #F4E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E2B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E2B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B557

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B557	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.123 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efca89',
    500: '#e2b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b557;
$custom-light: #efca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.576,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B557

secondary

#B0C1E4

accent

#51D313

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B557

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

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