#E2B956#E2B956

#E2B956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.126 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B956
RGB	rgb(226, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 3.80, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 54.74, 86.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0073 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.126 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3953, 51.5416, 16.0964)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B956 #567FE2

analogous

#E27356 #E2B956 #C5E256

triadic

#E2B956 #56E2B9 #B956E2

tetradic

#E2B956 #56E273 #567FE2 #E256C5

square

#E2B956 #56E273 #567FE2 #E256C5

split-complementary

#E2B956 #56C5E2 #7356E2

monochromatic

#A27B1C #D6A225 #E2B956 #EBCF8A #F4E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E2B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#E2B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B956

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B956	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.126 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecd89',
    500: '#e2b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b956;
$custom-light: #eecd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80323,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B956

secondary

#3858A5

accent

#4BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B956

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

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