#E2B841#E2B841
#E2B841 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2B841 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 184, 65) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 74%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 71%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 71.2%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.58, 3.13, 63.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.58, 63.26, 87.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.93% 0.0028 0.1406) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.93% 0.141 88.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4615, 50.8345, 12.2069) |
| Luminance | 0.5083 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.27
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.72
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.40
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.42
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.02
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2B841 #416BE2
analogous
#E26841 #E2B841 #BBE241
triadic
#E2B841 #41E2B8 #B841E2
tetradic
#E2B841 #41E268 #416BE2 #E241BB
square
#E2B841 #41E268 #416BE2 #E241BB
split-complementary
#E2B841 #41BBE2 #6841E2
monochromatic
#927216 #C79B1E #E2B841 #EACC76 #F2E0AB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.88
#E2B841 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.17
#E2B841 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2B841
11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2B841 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2B841 | 1.00 | 1.88 | 11.17 | 11.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.88 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB630
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C247
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4A9A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2b841; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 65); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcd7c',
500: '#e2b841',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2b841; $custom-light: #efcd7c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2b841",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 184,
"b": 65
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.348,
"s": 73.516,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7993,
"c": 0.14059,
"h": 88.9
},
"luminance": 0.50831
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2B841
secondary
#304B97
accent
#68F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF2
border
#D7D3CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D