#E2B740#E2B740

#E2B740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.141 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B740
RGB	rgb(226, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 3.60, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 63.42, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.004 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.141 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2258, 50.4090, 11.9867)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B740 #406BE2

analogous

#E26640 #E2B740 #BCE240

triadic

#E2B740 #40E2B7 #B740E2

tetradic

#E2B740 #40E266 #406BE2 #E240BC

square

#E2B740 #40E266 #406BE2 #E240BC

split-complementary

#E2B740 #40BCE2 #6640E2

monochromatic

#927116 #C79A1E #E2B740 #EACB75 #F2DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E2B740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E2B740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B740

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B740	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.141 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcc7c',
    500: '#e2b740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b740;
$custom-light: #efcc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.074,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79724,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B740

secondary

#304B96

accent

#69F038

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B740

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

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