#E2B649#E2B649

#E2B649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.134 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B649
RGB	rgb(226, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 4.59, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 59.61, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0079 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.134 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2973, 50.1088, 13.3775)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B649 #4975E2

analogous

#E26949 #E2B649 #C1E249

triadic

#E2B649 #49E2B6 #B649E2

tetradic

#E2B649 #49E269 #4975E2 #E249C1

square

#E2B649 #49E269 #4975E2 #E249C1

split-complementary

#E2B649 #49C1E2 #6949E2

monochromatic

#987318 #CD9C21 #E2B649 #EACB7E #F3E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E2B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#E2B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B649

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B649	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.134 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcb81',
    500: '#e2b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b649;
$custom-light: #efcb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.745,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79601,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B649

secondary

#33519C

accent

#6DEF39

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B649

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

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