#E2B949#E2B949

#E2B949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.136 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B949
RGB	rgb(226, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 3.02, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 60.30, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0034 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.136 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9183, 51.3508, 13.5845)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B949 #4972E2

analogous

#E26C49 #E2B949 #BEE249

triadic

#E2B949 #49E2B9 #B949E2

tetradic

#E2B949 #49E26C #4972E2 #E249BE

square

#E2B949 #49E26C #4972E2 #E249BE

split-complementary

#E2B949 #49BEE2 #6C49E2

monochromatic

#987618 #CD9F21 #E2B949 #EACD7E #F3E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E2B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#E2B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B949

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B949	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.136 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd81',
    500: '#e2b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b949;
$custom-light: #efcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.922,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B949

secondary

#334F9C

accent

#6AEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B949

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

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