#E2B855#E2B855

#E2B855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.126 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B855
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 4.26, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 54.94, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0085 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.126 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1468, 51.1086, 15.8162)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B855 #557FE2

analogous

#E27155 #E2B855 #C5E255

triadic

#E2B855 #55E2B8 #B855E2

tetradic

#E2B855 #55E271 #557FE2 #E255C5

square

#E2B855 #55E271 #557FE2 #E255C5

split-complementary

#E2B855 #55C5E2 #7155E2

monochromatic

#A1791B #D5A124 #E2B855 #EBCE89 #F4E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E2B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#E2B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B855

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B855	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.126 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd88',
    500: '#e2b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b855;
$custom-light: #efcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80114,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B855

secondary

#3758A4

accent

#4CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B855

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

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