#E2B840#E2B840

#E2B840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B840
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 3.08, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 63.64, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0025 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.141 89)
XYZ	xyz(49.4328, 50.8230, 12.0557)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B840 #406AE2

analogous

#E26740 #E2B840 #BBE240

triadic

#E2B840 #40E2B8 #B840E2

tetradic

#E2B840 #40E267 #406AE2 #E240BB

square

#E2B840 #40E267 #406AE2 #E240BB

split-complementary

#E2B840 #40BBE2 #6740E2

monochromatic

#927216 #C79B1E #E2B840 #EACC75 #F2E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E2B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E2B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B840

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B840	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd7c',
    500: '#e2b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b840;
$custom-light: #efcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79923,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B840

secondary

#304B96

accent

#67F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B840

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

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