#E3AA22#E3AA22

#E3AA22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.151 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3AA22
RGB	rgb(227, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 85%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 9.82, 70.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 71.12, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0189 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.151 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3453, 45.1995, 7.7965)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3AA22 #225BE3

analogous

#E34922 #E3AA22 #BBE322

triadic

#E3AA22 #22E3AA #AA22E3

tetradic

#E3AA22 #22E349 #225BE3 #E322BB

square

#E3AA22 #22E349 #225BE3 #E322BB

split-complementary

#E3AA22 #22BBE3 #4922E3

monochromatic

#7B5B10 #B18416 #E3AA22 #EABF58 #F1D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E3AA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#E3AA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3AA22

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3AA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3AA22	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB92B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3aa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.151 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c26c',
    500: '#e3aa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3aa22;
$custom-light: #f2c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3aa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.28,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77105,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3AA22

secondary

#869FDB

accent

#6DF434

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF7EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3AA22

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

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