#E2B940#E2B940

#E2B940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.142 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B940
RGB	rgb(226, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 2.56, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 63.87, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.001 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.142 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6412, 51.2399, 12.1251)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B940 #4069E2

analogous

#E26840 #E2B940 #BAE240

triadic

#E2B940 #40E2B9 #B940E2

tetradic

#E2B940 #40E268 #4069E2 #E240BA

square

#E2B940 #40E268 #4069E2 #E240BA

split-complementary

#E2B940 #40BAE2 #6840E2

monochromatic

#927216 #C79C1E #E2B940 #EACC75 #F2E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E2B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#E2B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B940

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B940	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.142 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd7c',
    500: '#e2b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b940;
$custom-light: #efcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.815,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80122,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B940

secondary

#304A96

accent

#66F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B940

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

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