#E2B856#E2B856

#E2B856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B856
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 4.33, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 54.49, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0088 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.125 86)
XYZ	xyz(50.1868, 51.1246, 16.0269)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B856 #5680E2

analogous

#E27256 #E2B856 #C6E256

triadic

#E2B856 #56E2B8 #B856E2

tetradic

#E2B856 #56E272 #5680E2 #E256C6

square

#E2B856 #56E272 #5680E2 #E256C6

split-complementary

#E2B856 #56C6E2 #7256E2

monochromatic

#A27A1C #D6A125 #E2B856 #EBCE8A #F4E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E2B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#E2B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B856

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B856	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)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecd89',
    500: '#e2b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b856;
$custom-light: #eecd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80125,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.51122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B856

secondary

#3858A5

accent

#4CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B856

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

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