#E2B849#E2B849

#E2B849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.135 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B849
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 3.54, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 60.06, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0049 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.135 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7098, 50.9339, 13.5150)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B849 #4973E2

analogous

#E26B49 #E2B849 #C0E249

triadic

#E2B849 #49E2B8 #B849E2

tetradic

#E2B849 #49E26B #4973E2 #E249C0

square

#E2B849 #49E26B #4973E2 #E249C0

split-complementary

#E2B849 #49C0E2 #6B49E2

monochromatic

#987518 #CD9E21 #E2B849 #EACD7E #F3E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E2B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#E2B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B849

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B849	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.135 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd81',
    500: '#e2b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b849;
$custom-light: #efcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79997,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B849

secondary

#33509C

accent

#6BEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B849

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

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