#E2B640#E2B640

#E2B640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B640
RGB	rgb(226, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 4.13, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 63.20, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0055 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.14 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0202, 49.9980, 11.9182)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B640 #406CE2

analogous

#E26540 #E2B640 #BDE240

triadic

#E2B640 #40E2B6 #B640E2

tetradic

#E2B640 #40E265 #406CE2 #E240BD

square

#E2B640 #40E265 #406CE2 #E240BD

split-complementary

#E2B640 #40BDE2 #6540E2

monochromatic

#927016 #C7991E #E2B640 #EACA75 #F2DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E2B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#E2B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B640

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B640	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcb7c',
    500: '#e2b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b640;
$custom-light: #efcb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.704,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B640

secondary

#9EB0E0

accent

#6AF038

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B640

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

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