#E2B951#E2B951

#E2B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B951
RGB	rgb(226, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 3.48, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 56.92, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0057 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.13 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2008, 51.4638, 15.0723)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B951 #517AE2

analogous

#E27051 #E2B951 #C3E251

triadic

#E2B951 #51E2B9 #B951E2

tetradic

#E2B951 #51E270 #517AE2 #E251C3

square

#E2B951 #51E270 #517AE2 #E251C3

split-complementary

#E2B951 #51C3E2 #7051E2

monochromatic

#9E791A #D3A123 #E2B951 #EBCE85 #F3E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E2B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#E2B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B951

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B951	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcd86',
    500: '#e2b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b951;
$custom-light: #efcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.034,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80271,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B951

secondary

#3654A1

accent

#49D312

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B951

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

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