#E2BE55#E2BE55
#E2BE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BE55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 190, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 71%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 62.4%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.26, 1.12, 56.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.26, 56.46, 88.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.31% -0.0006 0.1295) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.31% 0.13 90.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4197, 53.6544, 16.2405) |
| Luminance | 0.5365 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.08
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.86
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.98
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.49
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.66
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BE55 #5579E2
analogous
#E27755 #E2BE55 #BFE255
triadic
#E2BE55 #55E2BE #BE55E2
tetradic
#E2BE55 #55E277 #5579E2 #E255BF
square
#E2BE55 #55E277 #5579E2 #E255BF
split-complementary
#E2BE55 #55BFE2 #7755E2
monochromatic
#A17F1B #D5A824 #E2BE55 #EBD289 #F4E6BE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#E2BE55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.73
#E2BE55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BE55
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BE55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BE55 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.73 | 11.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BC4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B0A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2be55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 90.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed189',
500: '#e2be55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2be55; $custom-light: #eed189; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2be55",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 190,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.681,
"s": 70.854,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81308,
"c": 0.1295,
"h": 90.3
},
"luminance": 0.53652
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BE55
secondary
#3753A4
accent
#44D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F