#E2B851#E2B851

#E2B851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B851
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, 4.01, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 56.68, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0072 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.129 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9924, 51.0469, 15.0029)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B851 #517BE2

analogous

#E27051 #E2B851 #C3E251

triadic

#E2B851 #51E2B8 #B851E2

tetradic

#E2B851 #51E270 #517BE2 #E251C3

square

#E2B851 #51E270 #517BE2 #E251C3

split-complementary

#E2B851 #51C3E2 #7051E2

monochromatic

#9E781A #D3A023 #E2B851 #EBCD85 #F3E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E2B851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#E2B851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B851

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B851	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd86',
    500: '#e2b851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b851;
$custom-light: #efcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B851

secondary

#3655A1

accent

#4AD312

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B851

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

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