#E2B844#E2B844
#E2B844 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.139 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2B844 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 184, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 73%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 70%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 69.9%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.60, 3.28, 62.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.60, 62.08, 86.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.95% 0.0035 0.1386) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.95% 0.139 88.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5507, 50.8702, 12.6768) |
| Luminance | 0.5087 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.54
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.03
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.38
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.61
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.29
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2B844 #446EE2
analogous
#E26944 #E2B844 #BDE244
triadic
#E2B844 #44E2B8 #B844E2
tetradic
#E2B844 #44E269 #446EE2 #E244BD
square
#E2B844 #44E269 #446EE2 #E244BD
split-complementary
#E2B844 #44BDE2 #6944E2
monochromatic
#957317 #CA9C1F #E2B844 #EACC79 #F2E0AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.88
#E2B844 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.17
#E2B844 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2B844
11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2B844 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2B844 | 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)
#CDB634
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C24A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4A9A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2b844; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.139 88.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcd7e',
500: '#e2b844',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2b844; $custom-light: #efcd7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2b844",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 184,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.051,
"s": 73.148,
"l": 57.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79954,
"c": 0.13864,
"h": 88.5
},
"luminance": 0.50867
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2B844
secondary
#314D99
accent
#69F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF2
border
#D7D3CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D